You need the best Gap Cover you can afford today, as the ever-increasing cost of health care is out of the reach of many hard working people. A medical aid scheme is not cheap, and it won’t fully cover your bills after a…
Zestlife gap cover is gap insurance that fills the shortfall between what your medical aid scheme will pay and what the actual costs of your in-hospital procedures are. Our Zestlife gap cover review should answer all your questions. Don’t think that medical aid…
Legally speaking in South Africa, medical schemes have to provide clients with certain benefits relating to HIV and Aids. By the same token, insurance companies must provide gap cover for HIV and Aids sufferers. What this means to you is that the medical…
The meaning of gap cover for medical aid in South Africa is fairly easy to make sense of. But before you read on, know one thing: this type of insurance is for members of registered medical schemes only. So if you only have…
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Sasfin Gap Cover
Each person will have to face some kind of medical event at some time during their lifetime. Sasfin gap cover is an insurance product that helps South Africans to get through difficult patches. A medical scheme is a valuable asset to have for…
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Medical Aid and Death
Dealing with the death of a loved one is traumatic. The family left behind are mourning and often find themselves on an emotional rollercoaster that can be overwhelming. There is no timetable for grieving and everyone manages their loss differently. However, unfortunately with…
It is something that most South African families have had some experience with. The medical aid shortfalls after your medical aid plan have paid their portion, and you still owe money. The cost of keeping yourself healthy is constantly increasing. Medical costs in…
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Gap Cover for GEMS
GEMS is a massive restricted medical aid in South Africa, allowing only government employees to join. Often Government Employee Medical Schemes (GEMS) medical scheme members ask us if GEMS offers gap cover. (This is insurance to cover the shortfall between what your medical…
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How gap cover works
The most vital point about gap cover is that you must be a fully paid up member of a registered medical scheme in South Africa to qualify for this type of insurance. You can be a member of an open scheme such as…
It is easy to draw a comparison of gap companies in South Africa. That’s because they offer fairly standardised gap cover for medical aid. Most of the companies offer a Basic plan. And then there are Add Ons, usually for oncology treatment, which…