I have quite expensive medical aid cover from Discovery Health. I recently found that I have a life threating condition Hyperthyroidism, this condition speeds up my nervous system and metabolism to dangerously high levels, I enquired at the Discovery Health call centre about whether this could be put on as a chronic illness benefit and they flatly turned me down saying car insurance also works on the same principle you pay and pay and when it's time to claim you get no joy. Question is Hypothryoidism which is exactly the same... read full review »