During the media roundtable seminar on Friday, Moraki Mokgosana, the managing director of BOMAID, stated that for quite some time, their medical aid has been restricting itself to nuclear families covering their spouses and children only.
He expressed that this restriction has since passed its time as people share special bonds with others who depend on them and would like to include them in their medical cover. “We at BOMAID believe that we have to move with the rhythm of life and we have worked on many things that we have improved. “You can now cover your partner even if you guys are not married or the cousins that depend on you. This extends to even your mother-in-law,” Mokgosana said. However, before jumping the gun and rushing to cover the aforementioned people, he reiterated that there are proper channels followed before they are included in the medical aid cover. “As you all know there are terms and conditions to everything and we do have them in this case before you apply. Through an examination you will have to prove that these people depend on you for survival,” Mokgosana said.
The BOMAID MD pointed out that some employees might encounter impediments with their employers when trying to explore this route as most companies pay 50% while the employee pays another 50%. “But all this new development depends on the employer of which healthcare plan they prefer and might not subscribe to this new one. But if it comes to that, you can come to us and we discuss a way forward of how we can overcome this,” he said. Riding on "the rhythm of life" as the key efficacy in their business, Mokgosana indicated that this strategy is employed for the betterment of healthcare in Botswana which led to improvements in their medical aid. “The greater your healthcare needs, the more comprehensive the care. So with our key principles of rhythm of life focused on enhancing the benefits, the new plan comes with a host of them,” he said.
“There are also seamless transitions where they have been designed to be simple and straightforward with the last one being affordable options as we understand the financial pressures that healthcare can bring.” He highlighted this landmark decision marks a progressive shift in the medical aid sector, aiming to foster comprehensive healthcare support for extended families.
