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WENDY KNOWLER | Health minus: medical aid late joiner penalty is there for a reason
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Discovery Health CEO: ‘had Health Squared applied the provisions of the Medical Schemes Act diligently, it may still be solvent’

One of the many issues which the Health Squared medical scheme’s liquidation saga has shone an intense spotlight on, is the imposition of a late joiner penalty.

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