Bonitas medical aid will not cover emergency medical treatment

Do not choose Bonitas as your medical aid. Bonitas use every shady tactic they can, not to pay for your emergency and other medical expenses. I had was admitted to casualty department at St Georges hospital with severe abdominal pain at about 2:30 am. I gave them all the relavant medical aid details . The hospital then sent all my treatment claims to Bonitas. Most of the claims was rejected by Bonitas. After numerous phone calls and excuses, I was told that I had to pay for the medical treatment. The excuses included the following: 1. The docters working in casualty was not contracted to the Bonitas network and next time I have a medical emergency I must phone every hospital to make sure I go to the correct hospital. 2. The casualty department or myself have to get authorization within 48 hrs of the treatment received....how would anyone know this?? This is not an isolated incidence. On another occasion I confirmed with Bonitas that they would pay for certain medical treatment and the rejected the claim...again. I joined Bonitas thinking the benifits were better and that they would pay for my Chronic medication but I was wrong again. Numerous attempts to obtain my chronic medication failed and again, many..many excuses followed. You need to know the truth before this happens to you