Medical schemes get certainty that RAF will pay members' costs
Road Accident Fund unilaterally decided stopped paying medical expenses of victims who belonged to medical schemes, a decision that was successfully challenged in 2022
24 January 2023 - 13:40
UPDATED 24 January 2023 - 23:00
The high court in Pretoria has denied the Road Accident Fund (RAF) leave to appeal against its ruling in 2022 that the fund’s decision to stop paying medical schemes was unlawful.
The development has industrywide implications, giving medical schemes and their administrators the assurance that they can continue to claim from the RAF on behalf of their members...
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