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Martin B
1 reviews | Active since Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023, 10:05
Discovery Healt Maternity Benefits
My daughter was registered on the DH maternity plan. They claim to pay for 8 ante-natal visits at DH rate which turned out to be R126.10. Which medical professional charges this amount? She then had a home birth - no doctors, no hospital, no anaethatist, no gynaecologist accounts, just a midwife. Total cost - R17 500. Their rate payable from my MSA and not from maternity benefits? 23% or R4500. How is this even reasonable?
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Replies (3)Discovery Health's replyOfficial
06 Feb 2023, 10:13Dear Martin B We’ve noted your concerns and we’re investigating the matter. We’ll contact you with feedback as soon as possible. RegardsDiscovery Health Servicing Team
Discovery Health's reply06 Feb 2023, 10:13
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Dear Martin B We’ve noted your concerns and we’re investigating the matter. We’ll contact you with feedback as soon as possible. RegardsDiscovery Health Servicing Team
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Martin B's updateReviewer Update
06 Feb 2023, 14:46So feedback received is because the birth was overseen by a nurse / midwife this is paid at a vastly reduced rate than what would have been paid had it been a hospital birth or a C-Section done by a surgeon. To my mind this is a form of unfair ************** against both the right of women to choose their birth process and against the specialist midwives performing exactly the same service as a doctor in a hospital birth. A midwife is worth 23% of a doctor, yet the risk and outcomes were exactly the same!
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Martin B's update06 Feb 2023, 14:46
Reviewer Update
So feedback received is because the birth was overseen by a nurse / midwife this is paid at a vastly reduced rate than what would have been paid had it been a hospital birth or a C-Section done by a surgeon. To my mind this is a form of unfair ************** against both the right of women to choose their birth process and against the specialist midwives performing exactly the same service as a doctor in a hospital birth. A midwife is worth 23% of a doctor, yet the risk and outcomes were exactly the same!
Discovery Health's replyOfficial
07 Feb 2023, 11:34Dear Martin B
We have been in touch with you to answer your comments.
Regards
Discovery Health Servicing Team
We have been in touch with you to answer your comments.
Regards
Discovery Health Servicing Team
Discovery Health's reply07 Feb 2023, 11:34
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Dear Martin B
We have been in touch with you to answer your comments.
Regards
Discovery Health Servicing Team
We have been in touch with you to answer your comments.
Regards
Discovery Health Servicing Team
