| I never thought I would write on this sensitive | | | | (Swaziland) that wouldn’t advice, for example, |
| subject of how many of us have been taken | | | | single man not to take a maternity cover. They |
| advantage by the nagging medical aid conditions of | | | | would always put it in a package so that no one can |
| employment. I know for a fact that many | | | | single it out. This is one example of a total rip off to |
| employers, particularly corporate and big ones, make | | | | those that may not specific medical attention. |
| it compulsory for employees to have a medical | | | | I have taken my example for a lesson to all that |
| cover. It’s most often at some contribution from | | | | may want to try my model and save big money on |
| the employee, which many wouldn’t go for given | | | | medical aid. I decided to give my lesson the topic |
| an option. | | | | ‘Copy My R 12, 000 (US $ 1, 500) Savings on |
| My experience made me go an extra mile to take a | | | | Medical Aid Monthly Subscription – Part 1’ and |
| risk on my family by reducing the benefit bracket | | | | will go on and write part two in the same blog |
| because I didn’t believe it was worth paying for | | | | “yeboyesafrica.com’. Just this part one will |
| it, thank God my employer allows for changes within | | | | open your eyes to several things that are a common |
| the offered benefit packages but not moving out of | | | | oversight when choosing a medical cover. This is not |
| the scheme. After the test was over, that is in a full | | | | to discredit my own medical aid service provider, but |
| year, I realized that we lose a lot of money to these | | | | to help people make informed decisions that they |
| medical aid guys and they never give care if you lose | | | | won’t get to hate the service provider but make |
| or anything. I have seen so many medical companies, | | | | the most from it. |
| not only in South Africa, but even here at home | | | | |