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Health and Financial Well-Being with TRA's Female Cancer Cover

Prioritising Women’s Health and Financial Security: How Cancer Cover Helps

Health and Financial Well-Being with TRA’s Female Cancer Cover The cost of cancer treatment in South Africa reaches into the hundreds of thousands of rand once surgery and oncology care are billed, and your medical aid carries only part of it. Two gaps are left behind. The first is the shortfall between what specialists charge and what your scheme is willing to pay. The second is everything that never reaches

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Why Gap Cover Matters More for Women’s Health Costs

Gap cover matters for women because the treatments women are most likely to face, breast cancer surgery and gynaecological procedures among them, are often billed by specialists at rates far above what any scheme pays. TRA can cover that shortfall (up to 700% of the scheme tariff on its three upper plans, and up to 300% on the lowest plan), with cover starting from R99 per month. The condition attached

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Woman smiling because she can get gap cover as a foreigner

Can foreigners get medical aid?

Yes. As a foreigner planning to live in South Africa for a longer period, you can join a medical aid scheme, provided you hold a valid passport, a current work, study, or residence visa, and have a South African bank account to pay your premiums. The benefits you receive are the same as those available to South African citizens. As a non-South African citizen, you are probably wondering whether you

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How Does Gap Cover Work?

Gap cover insurance is essential for covering shortfalls after medical treatments like surgeries or hospital stays where the specialist’s fees are higher than what your medical aid covers. Once your medical aid has processed and paid their portion of the bill, you can claim the remaining amount from your gap cover provider, according to the terms of your policy. 

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