For those people that are looking for affordable medical health plans, there are a number of healthcare companies that are able to offer medical aid plans for people of all backgrounds. Oxygen Medical Aid has been around since 1968, and they have recently joined up with other medical aid schemes under the Medshield Umbrella.
Oxygen Medical Aid offer a number of different healthcare plans that should suit all needs and budgets, such as the Core Plus health plan, which is able to offer a comprehensive hospital plan. This will cover the member for the times when they need hospital treatment, such as emergencies, and is ideal for those people that are otherwise healthy and does not need on-going medical treatment, but who want the peace of mind of knowing that hospital bills are covered.
It may surprise you to learn that there are still a lot of South African citizens that do not have any form of medical plan, and these people are the ones that are leaving themselves vulnerable. The problem with not belonging to a medical aid scheme will not become apparent until illness or injury strike. It is then that the problems arise, and people start to fret about receiving the best treatment, as well as wondering how they are going to pay for it.
Of course, there are state owner medical facilities that people can use, however, these are often situated in rundown and dilapidated old hospitals, which are often overcrowded and the waiting times for treatment can be long. Also, the standard of treatment that you might receive is likely to be of a lower standard than the treatment that you would expect from your medical aid provider.
In the past, it was common to find that only people in receipt of a certain amount of money each month in their wages were able to afford to join a medical aid health plan. Thankfully, joining a medical aid scheme is not as expensive as it used to be in the past, and this is largely due to the fact that there is so much competition in the healthcare market. This is good news for customers, as the costs of the monthly premiums have fallen as more companies than ever before vie for the signatures of new clients. So as you can see, there are a number of benefits to signing up to a medical aid scheme.
