Profmed Medical Scheme has been ordered to stop giving its members the false impression that it has no discretion in imposing late-joiner penalties on members who join the scheme late in life. Recently the registrar for medical schemes said in a ruling on a complaint that it was "improper" of the scheme to "try and hide behind a non-existent statutory obligation" when it refused member Errol Horwitz's request that it waive the penalty. Horwitz, an attorney, joined the scheme in September 2014 after living abroad for 36years.
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