Every medical aid plan, including each plan on Momentum Health, covers the 26 conditions on the CDL list.
In addition, some plans cover other chronic condition. We have outlined those below. You can view the benefit limit for these on each plans full benefit page.
Note that Momentum Health is very specific about where you can get your chronic benefit, and has divided its plans accordingly. You can choose to receive chronic benefits at any provider, at a network provider, or at a State provider. Your choice will affect the price of your medical aid. You can compare all plans here, or view all benefits for each plan from this page.
CDL (PMB) List of chronic conditions
- Addison’s disease
- Asthma
- Bipolar mood disorder
- Bronchiectasis
- Cardiac dysrhythmias
- Cardiac failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Chronic renal disease
- Coronary artery disease
- Crohn’s disease
- Diabetes insipidus
- Diabetes mellitus Type 1
- Diabetes mellitus Type 2
- Epilepsy
- Glaucoma
- Haemophilia
- Hyperlipidaemia
- Hypertension
- Hypothyroidism
- Multiple sclerosis (excl. biologicals such as Avonex*, subject to protocols)
- Parkinson’s disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Schizophrenia
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Ulcerative colitis
Incentive Plan
These are the 6 extra conditions covered on the Incentive Plan, up to a limit of R10,700.
- Acne
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Allergic rhinitis
- Eczema
- Pemphigus
- Psoriasis
Extender and Summit plans
The following 36 chronic conditions are covered on the Extender and Summit plans.
- Acne
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Allergic rhinitis
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Aplastic anaemia
- Benign prostatic hypertrophy
- Cushing’s disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Dermatomyositis
- Eczema
- Gout
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Immunosuppression therapy for transplants
- Major depression
- Menopause
- Motor neuron disease
- Muscular dystrophy and other inherited myopathies
- Myasthenia gravis
- Narcolepsy
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Oncology – ancillary treatment
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Other seizure disorders
- Paraplegia/Quadriplegia
- Pemphigus
- Pituitary micro-adenomas
- Post-traumatic stress syndrome
- Psoriasis
- Scleroderma
- Stroke
- Systemic sclerosis
- Thromboangiitis obliterans
- Thrombocytopenic purpura
- Unipolar disorder
- Valvular heart disease
