There is a tug of war playing out in the Western Cape High Court. It started when Genesis, a medical aid provider, lodged an application against the Health Minister regarding constitutional provisions overseeing Prescribed Minimum Benefits, commonly referred to as PMB. According to…
Medical aids do their best to avoid paying medical claims. Importantly, that’s the way the system is set up. And medical aids are thereofre allergic to any chronic condition. One of the most common medical aid rip-offs is to refuse to pay claims…
And so here are the 10 major facts about medical aids in South Africa. 1. South Africa has a population of around 51,8 million people. And just 8,5 million people, or roughly 16%, of the population, belong to medical aid schemes. Therefore, about…
Glaucoma is a Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) as laid down by the South African Council of Medical Schemes. This means that by law your medical aid must cover you fully for all types of glaucoma treatment. Your medical aid must pay for diagnosis,…