{"id":879590,"date":"2026-10-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=879590"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T11:16:24","slug":"business-talk-kevin-aron-on-medshields-2027-benefits-and-contribution-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/879590\/business-talk-kevin-aron-on-medshields-2027-benefits-and-contribution-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk \u2013 Kevin Aron on Medshield\u2019s 2027 benefits and contribution increases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Kevin Aron discusses rising medical fees and Medshield\u2019s 2027 Benefits providing more value through partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aron is the Principal Officer at Medshield Medical Scheme and a qualified Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience in the healthcare sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aron is highly skilled in a wide range of key areas, including strategy development and implementation, healthcare delivery models, financial budgeting and management, risk management, and operational service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Aron\u2019s impressive skillset, Medshield has experienced excellent financial growth under his leadership while significantly increasing its membership base and expanding its range of products and services to meet the needs of its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aron holds an MBA and a Diploma in Business Administration from the Henley Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of the Witwatersrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Business Talk interview, Aron discusses Medshield\u2019s 2027 benefits, contribution increases and partnerships which brings more value to members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aron outlines how to reduce co-payments and touches on new co-funding options that Medshield is offering to help cover the cost of cancer treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also unpacks Medshield\u2019s choice to extend child-dependent cover and the member data that inspired this decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aron concludes the interview by discussing the strategic value of Medshield\u2019s partnership with Sanlam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the interview with Kevin Aron below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Business Talk - Kevin Aron on Medshield&#039;s 2027 medical aid increases\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PcDb-aoPfsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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