Are your health insurance costs too high? Try decoding your medical aid terms and conditions and associated costs to make sure that it works for you. “While health insurance is important, it comes at a cost that is rapidly rising. Unfortunately for the consumer, this affects medical scheme membership contribution rates, and the increases of..
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What to consider when deciding on a medical scheme
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Are Medical Scheme Members aware of what they are paying for?
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The medical scheme industry is full of jargon and benefit structures that often leave the man on the street confused and frustrated when it comes to understanding and accessing their benefits. Medical schemes have in recent times attempted to simplify terminology to make it more understandable, but are they doing enough to ensure members know..
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Why healthcare is so expensive in SA
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Some of the most significant contributors to soaring healthcare costs are fraud, waste and abuse. These are difficult to detect, monitor and prevent because the perpetrators are at every level of the delivery chain from healthcare providers at the top to policy holders at the bottom with many abusive acts playing out under the radar,..
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