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When do co-payments apply to PMBs?
 
Co-payments can only be levied when members voluntarily choose not to go to a DSP for a specific service, and/or when beneficiaries voluntarily decide not to use protocol or formulary medication or treatments.

Co-payments have to be specified in the medical scheme rules and may never be 100% of the cost of the service or medication. Schemes are also not allowed to recover co-payments from beneficiaries’ savings accounts.