As a member of a medical aid in South Africa you really should have a medical gap cover policy. Our warning about medical gap cover is this. If you don’t get it, then landing in a hospital might bankrupt you. Being a medical…
People are often shocked when medical aids fail to pay all hospitalisation costs – Ambledown Medical Shortfall Cover can help you bridge the gap. Medical schemes have set tariff ceilings and pay out accordingly. When medical practitioners impose higher fees it is the…
Nov
25
Gap Cover and Diabetes
Adult-onset diabetes is a lifestyle disease that is becoming increasingly common. At the same time, medical aids are paying less of your medical expenses. That’s why you may have questions about medical gap cover and diabetes. The typical Western diet and our more…
Medical Gap Cover Policies for Bestmed Members Bestmed has been in the medical aid industry for half a century already. They provide their members with excellent services, medical gap cover policies and client care. As a BestMed member, you’ll find that their claims…
Nov
25
Ambledown Gap Cover
Have you heard of medical gap cover? Ambledown gap cover aims to cover the gap in payment between what a medical aid in South Africa will pay and what medical professionals charge. Without gap cover, you would be responsible for these additional payments…
Nov
24
How to take out gap cover
The internet makes it easy to take out gap cover. All you have to do is use the contact form on this page. Add your personal information to the form (first name, surname, email and cell number). Then answer the three questions that…
f you have to go to a hospital, the last thing that you want to face during recovery is a pile of unpaid bills. That is why gap cover for primary medical aid members and their dependents is so important. Ten or twenty…
Medical Gap Cover for Community Health Medical Schemes You badly need gap cover for community health medical schemes if you’re a member of a medical scheme. You can’t buy gap cover without belonging to a medical scheme. It isn’t medical cover but rather…
Fortunately, the insurance industry fought back so hard that the proposed legislation means that medical gap cover will still be around in an altered form. Here is the story about why the South African government wants to ban medical gap cover. Why the…
Medical aid co-payments tend to be one of those little things that sneak up on you. The chances are that you won’t even know about them until you get the bill. And then it’s too late – you are on the hook for…