The country’s second-largest medical scheme, the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), has dismissed as fake news a message circulating on social media claiming it will not cover members over 60 should they contract Covid-19.
GEMS principal officer Dr Stan Moloabi has reassured the scheme’s almost 700 000 members and over 1.8 million beneficiaries that it does not discriminate on the basis of age as this would contravene its rules.
He said GEMS is investigating the source of the fake news and that as previously stated the scheme is required to fund all clinically appropriate care and related costs including Covid-19-related testing as communicated by the regulator, the Council for Medical Schemes . Moloabi said the message was totally wrong and that GEMS has embarked on a campaign to assure its members and beneficiaries that they are covered for Covid-19 should they contract the deadly disease.Meanwhile, the CMS has resolved that it would be prudent for medical schemes to strongly consider hosting virtual annual general meetings this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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