Health Insurance Buying Guide
The ever rising cost of medical care is becoming the biggest problem in India today. Treatment for a serious illness in a private hospital can wipe out ones entire life’s earnings in one go. Everyone definitely needs Medical or health insurance coverage to tackle this situation. The awareness on Medical or Health insurance is relatively very low in India. Even well educated people some times ignore the necessity of having a proper health insurance cover. A health insurance policy covers expenses incurred during hospitalization, doctors fees, medicine, treatment etc. but also reimburses the expenses after hospitalisation. This may include money spent for conducting medical tests and buying medicines. The expenses covered is to the extent of the sum insured of the policy you have taken. So long as you pay your premium regularly the insurance company will take care of your medical expenses. Cover extends to pre-hospitalisation and post-hospitalisation for periods of 30 da...