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		<title>Medical Aid Tariffs and Codes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading through your monthly medical aid remittance can often be confusing with columns of codes that makes little sense to the average person. These tariff codes are a standardised means by which medical aids can communicate with each other, healthcare practitioners and other service providers. It removes the need to describe each consultation, medication or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Medical Aids Pay For LASIK (Eye), Cosmetic, Plastic Surgery?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 13:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical aids classify certain procedures as non-essential &#8211; meaning that it is not of a life-threatening nature should it not be conducted. LASIK eye surgery and cosmetic surgery are considered as non-essential service. While most medical aids in South Africa will partly cover the costs of the LASIK procedure, almost all medical aids do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Medical Aid Financially Stable?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past two years (2008, 2009) have seen a few small medical aids in South Africa becoming insolvent and filing for dissolution before the year end. This has left their members in the lurch, despite promises to pay outstanding medical bills to doctors and other practitioners. While medical aid members may claim to be ignorant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Medical Aid</title>
		<link>http://www.vitacare.co.za/family-medical-aid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Providing medical aid cover for your family is an essential undertaking that does not come cheap. Medical aids in South Africa can be pricey to say the least but without medical cover, you will be at the mercy of the understaffed and overworked public health sector. Family medical aid usually involves the main member along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Aid Doctors and Private Rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical aids in South Africa are essentially a health insurance. In the event that you need to access medical services, your medical aid will ensure that you have financial cover to meet your bills. Many practitioners, pharmacies and all private hospitals claim directly from your medical aid so as not to inconvenience you with up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Claim Back From Your Medical Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a member of a medical aid does not guarantee that all your medical bills will be paid directly by your scheme. Certain medical aid restrictions and providers contracted out of medical means that you have to pay cash for these services. In most instances, your medical aid will then reimburse you directly for these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compare Medical Aids in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joining a medical aid is always recommended especially if you have a family as the rising costs of private health care is not affordable for most South Africans. Medical aid cover will provide you with a sense of security and should any medical emergency arise, you can rest assured that your comprehensive cover will allow [...]]]></description>
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