PHONE HARASSMENT ****

I resigned from Topmed Medical Aid in January of 2015. I was on a hospital plan with Pharos Medical Plan (for nearly 10 years) before they were taken over by Topmed. I resigned because the monthly premium went for R700 to over R1,100 in a matter of two months as I recall. Their claim is I owed them R1,100 since accordingl to them I did not give them 30 days notice to resign.

Topmed handed me over to Blake and Associates (based in Durban) and ever since on a DAILY basis over two years and counting, I receive "private number" calls on my cell. In the beginning I would have a brief conversation but gave up on that practice when I realized their strategy is pure "harassment". That was when I realized that their almost daily calls to me (always around 7.30 to 8.30) are a **** - since they do not even do more than let my phone ring unanswered before disconnecting. I believe the **** is that this entire process is computerized and that their records of calls to me show a **** bill from BLAKE and ASSO to TOPMED for every call made for which presumably TOPMED pay a small fee for each call made to collect the claimed outstanding amount.