Medical aid for cousins and friends launched

Botlhe Medical Aid, a new scheme that allows subscribers to include whomever they want as dependants, was launched last month.

Subscribers and their beneficiaries are expected to start benefitting from the medical aid from October 2012.
The scheme also does not prescribe the number of dependants.   The medical aid offers 20 percent cash back if a member does not make a claim for a continuous period of three years. The citizen-owned establishment covers 90 percent of medical costs.

It has three packages; basic cover, which offers P20,000 per year, classic cover with a limit of P120,000 a year while the executive package offers P185,000 a year.

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