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Covid-19 Pandemic and its Impact on the Medical Aid Schemes

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has called the Schemes to assist its members during this difficult time. It is believed that the CMS has requested the schemes to afford its members a 3 months holiday premium in certain circumstances. This, according to the CMS, must be assessed on a case by case of those members facing financial difficulties due to the national lockdown.   The CMS has also requested the schemes to cover its members for...

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Is it the end of the road for the panel of attorneys representing RAF?

The Gauteng High Court of Pretoria has, on 27 March 2020, handed down a judgment confirming the RAF’s directive to its attorneys that all files which were being handled by them(attorneys) be returned to the RAF. This is following the expiry of the contract between the RAF and its panel of attorneys, subsequent to which the attorneys allegedly refused to hand over the files on the basis that same would create chaos as the files...

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Is the Road Accident Fund essential services?

The RAF offices have closed due to lockdown. They had, shortly after the announcement of the national lockdown, advised all stakeholders of the closure. However, there have been calls from the public recently that the RAF must open offices and continue to process claims further, more particularly processing payments for the claims which have been finalized. [vc_column_text]It is widely known that most of the people who are, after they have been involved in a motor vehicle...

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