What is Gap Cover and Who Qualifies for It?

What is gap cover? Gap cover is a short-term insurance product that insures medical aid members against having co-payments to make out of their own pockets.

Only members of registered medical schemes in South Africa qualify for gap cover.

What is gap cover in terms of eligibility?

If you have health insurance or a hospital plan from a short-term insurer, such a policy WILL NOT be appropriate for gap cover.

You need to belong to a medical aid such as Discovery Health, Genesis, GEMS, Selfmed, Fedhealth, Momentum, etc. Contact your medical aid to find out if you qualify for gap cover.

Here is a list of all registers medical aids in South Africa.

Then, once you are sure you qualify, and you understand what is gap cover return to this page to get your gap cover quote. Use the short form to contact us.

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