Tag: medical cover

Understanding gap cover misconceptions is essential to ensure you make informed decisions about your medical expenses and coverage. Today’s consumers are facing more medical expense shortfalls, co-payments, and sub-limits than ever before. As a result, gap cover has become essential for comprehensive medical cover and protection against unexpected financial burdens.

Mandatory health cover of formally employed is tried and tested and if put to use in South Africa could reduce the public health burden, increase public per capita spend on health, and free up resources that could help address the country’s most pressing health crises.

Medical aids all have a ‘medical aid rate’, which is a maximum amount they will pay for certain treatments. This rate differs depending on the medical cover you have, but is typically a maximum of 200% of their scheme rate.