Chronic diseases

We pay for chronic medicines for Liberty Health Cover members at 100% of cost, without co-payments, from the available benefits on your healthcare plan and according to the relevant medical and policy conditions.

Chronic conditions are conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure that require medication and treatment for more than three (3) continuous months. Please check our Chronic Disease List below for a full list of conditions that we cover.

Chronic conditions covered by the chronic medicine benefit

  • Acne
  • Hypertension
  • Addison’s disease
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Hypopituitarism
  • Anaemia
  • Malabsorption syndrome
  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Male hypogonadism
  • Anorexia nervosa
  • Meniere’s disease
  • Arrythmias and conduction disorders
  • Menopausal and perimenopausal disorders
  • Asthma
  • Menorrhagia
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Motor neuron disease
  • Barrett’s oesophagitis
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Benign prostatic hypertrophy
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Bipolar mood disorder
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Neuropathy
  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Cardiac failure
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Osteoporosis
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)
  • Paget’s disease
  • Chronic renal disease
  • Paralytic syndromes and associated complications
  • Conn’s syndrome
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Cor pulmonale
  • Pemphigus
  • Coronary artery disease/Ischemic heart disease
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Polycystic ovarian syndrome
  • Cushing’s disease
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Post-traumatic stress disorders
  • Deep vein thrombosis
  • Primary/idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura
  • Depression
  • Psoriasis
  • Dermatitis/eczema
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Pulmonary interstitial fibrosis
  • Diabetes insipidus
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Diabetes mellitus type 1
  • Rosacae
  • Diabetes mellitus type 2
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Diverticular disease
  • Schizophrenia
  • Dysrhythmias
  • Scleroderma and systemic sclerosis
  • Dystonia
  • Sicca syndrome
  • Endometriosis
  • Stroke
  • Epilepsy
  • Systemic lupus erythromatosus
  • Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
  • Thrombosis and embolism
  • Glaucoma
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Gastro-oesophageal reflux disorder (GORD)
  • Transient ischaemic attacks
  • Gout
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Haemophilia
  • Tuberculosis
  • Hepatitis B
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Hepatitis C
  • Urinary tract infection (chronic)
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Hyperlipidaemia
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Zollinger-ellison syndrome
  • Hypoparathyroidism