Gems will extend private hospital cover to all members - Business Day - 7 Nov 2019

Gems will extend private hospital cover to all members - Business Day - 7 Nov 2019

Business Day - 7 Nov 2019

"SA’s biggest medical scheme for public servants plans to extend private hospital cover to all members from January as it seeks to standardise core benefits in line with government policy on National Health Insurance (NHI).

The move by the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) to expand core private hospital cover is in line with the Competition Commission’s health market inquiry, which recommended an industry-wide standard benefit package.

It also has the potential to reduce the load on the overstretched public health system by using spare capacity in the private-hospital market.

The development is expected to make medical scheme membership more attractive to lower-paid civil servants, most of whom are not covered, Gems principal officer Stan Moloabi said at a briefing on Thursday."

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