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Medical aids needled by claim they have failed members during pandemic

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Mothudi said schemes' decisions not to apply for exemptions did not mean they were denying members assistance.

In a circular on Thursday, the Council for Medical Schemes said many medical aids had not applied for exemptions to regulations that would allow them to waive contributions for members struggling to make ends meet during the lockdown.

Board MD Dr Katlego Mothudi said the organisation had approached the CMS at the beginning of the pandemic to ask for collective exemptions from regulations for its members. Mothudi said schemes' decisions not to apply for exemptions did not mean they were denying members assistance.

 

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