To All Government Employees: The Government Employees Medical Aid - TopicsExpress



          

To All Government Employees: The Government Employees Medical Aid Society is being administered by Metropolitan Life, yet members, are now being told that they have to elect from a predetermined list that is supplied by GEMS for relevant Doctors that they would have to consult in any situation that may arrive when they need medical assistance. The criteria used by GEMS or be it Metropolitan Life that elected these Doctors are unknown, so their capacities and capabilities are unknown to all that are now by innuendo “forced to elect someone in their most critical needs situation.” Membership fees of GEMS are amongst the highest that are being charged by any medical aid society in the country, and then the benefits that are derived from being a member to the society are so limited that membership becomes a waste of time and money as member are expected in many situation to pay additional fees are the medical aid portion that is covered is insufficient to even pay normal General Practitioners, leave alone any Specialist that may be needed. Ironically, membership fees are being increased by GEMS at 9% in January 2015 within the same month that annual increments to civil servants, which only amounts to 5.5%, are awarded. A deficit now of 3.5% on the disposable income of the civil servant. and this is but a mere indication that the question of benefit and or cover is in no way any priority by the administrators, but that it is all about the financial greed that is present in the management and administration of the fund. Freedom of choice, which is something that is governed and regulated in the Constitution of the Country is therefore now being infringed in that members now have to make use of Doctors, that have been “elected as being practitioners of standards” which is not in any way authenticated. If one looks at the Management structure of GEMS, it even becomes more alarming, in that most of the Executive are indeed card carrying members of POPCRU, which just thickens the methodology, accountability, clean administration that is supposed to be relevant in the administration of the society. We seriously need to challenge the entire spectrum of membership to the GEMS Medical Aid, as it has become a “milking cow” more than anything else, with the victims of the entire process being all the civil servants that have no other alternative as their subsidy for medical aid, would be forfeited if they are not members of GEMS, and this by any book, amounts to forced, by innuendo, membership down on all civil servants which in no way is in any way a democratic manner of management in any way. The best way to challenge this in-balance of benefits, contributions, membership choice and fees, need to be brought publicly and in this respect the only way forward seem to be to picket against the methodology and administration that all civil servants are being held “hostage” top in respect of their choice, actual lack of choice in respect of medical aid the sooner the better, and hopefully something better will come from this action. NB 19 January 2015 BRAAMFONTEIN GEMS Offices 10:00 picketing build-Up to March to GEMS Head Office Pls Contact or Watsapp Mogotji 0827931194
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:08:33 +0000

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