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According to a report in Times Live medical aid members are being ripped off by having to pay "salaries" for their scheme's trustees.

7 Sep 2011

We're being ripped off?

The trustees, who are meant to be paid a stipend - as they generally meet only a few times a year - are reported, according to the Times Live report, to be collecting "salaries" - collectively some R28 million or more. Read more

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