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🚨Premium rise in Health insurance

You didn't claim, but
Ur health insurance premium rose suddenly from Rs 50,000 to Rs 70000!🤯🤯
Why did this happen?🧐

Does the premium rise after every claim?🧐🧐

A thread🧵on why health insurance premiums rise & do premiums rise after claims?👇Image
Do premiums rise with age?

Yes, health insurance premiums rise with age.

As the risk of hospitalisation increases as time goes on,
The insurer increases as time goes on
So what are the sources of premium increase?

1. Insurer takes company-wide premium increase due to massive increase in claims
2. Your age band changes
3. Rise in medical costs
Company-wide:-

When claims surge and the insurer starts to make a loss
The insurer takes a premium increase.
Suring COVID when claims surged, the industry witnessed a loss.
TO cover these losses industry-wide premiums were increases
Rise in age band:-

Insurers generally increase the premium in age band of 5 years

Here is the premium increase chart of one such comprehensive policies Image
Rise in Medical costs

🚨India's Healthcare Scenario:-

🩺India's medical inflation=14%
🩺Cost of treatment nearly doubles every 5 years
🩺A 10L cover today will be reduced to a 5L cover in 5 years time
🩺63% of the hospitalization bill is paid from the pocket Image
So does the premium increase after claims?

There is a common misconception that claims will lead to an increase in premium

According to IRDAI rules the insurer cannot increase the premium if u claim multiple times

However,the insurer can investigate the cause of multiple claim
So what then is the conclusion?

For Health insurance premiums will increase with age.
There is not way around it.
Premium get really expensive with older age and that is the reality of it.
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Sum Insured=10L
Caratact Surgery=1.2L

Insurer paid=Rs 40,000 and used the clause sublimits on treatment of cararact disease

How many of you were surprised by this?

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Cataracts often develop with age but can also be caused by factors like eye injury, medications, or medical conditions.
Surgery is a common treatment to remove the cloudy lens and replace it with an artificial one to restore clear vision.

Cataract is only covered 2 years after issuance of the policy.
So the waiting period is 2 years.
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What is the biggest problem in health insurance ?

It is not increased premium

It is claim rejection 😞

Lets see what is the most common mistake many does and lets find out the way how you can avaoid it...

In below thread..
Why claim gets rejected or cut ?

1.sublimits

It is most common reason why claim is partial settled if your policy having limits on various disease even if you hold 50 lkhs policy at claim u will only get 2 or 3 lkhs limits on disease.

Sol÷ choose a no sublimits policy
rent limit

In many policies room rent limit is there of 5k per day or 10k per day..if u choose higher room category than u have to pay proportionate deduction that will cost you roughly 30 to 40% of your entire bill

Sol÷ choose no room rent limit policy2.Room
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Aug 4
🚨Health Insurance Policy Analyser-ICICI Lombard Elevate

Imagine,
A 10L policy adds 10L bonus each year without any upper cap!🤯
In the 5th year, it becomes 50L
In the 10th year, it becomes 1cr and so on

The power of unlimited bonus in "Elevate"

A thread🧵on the features of ICICI Lombard Elevate?👇Image
Room Rent limit:-

The policy has a single private AC room limit.

But this can be modified to have no room rent limit
Co-pay

This policy does not have any co-pay.

This means the insurer will pay the entire claim
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🚨Portability Scam-Retail policyholders getting caught out

Random Telecaller asked the customer to port 2 years ago,
Sum Insured=50L
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The new insurer rejected the claim saying pre-existing diseases weren't disclosed!
New insurer cancels the policy!

A thread🧵on scam around portability and checklist to follow while porting?👇Image
What is health insurance portability?

You bought a health insurance policy.
After some time when u read the policy terms and conditions.

You realize the policy has
🩺Room rent limit
🩺Copay
🩺Isnt a comprehensive policy

Now u want to change the policy!
What do u do?
In such cases, you can shift your policy to another policy with the same insurer or you can move it to a policy with a different insurer altogether.

This can be done by porting your existing policy.
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🚨Health Insurance and Cancer

Cancer is one of the most toxic illnesses,
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Do u have an adequate sum insured to treat cancer?🤔🤔
Do already recovered cancer patients get a health insurance policy?

A thread🧵on which insurance plan covers cancer and do cancer patients get a new health insurance policy?👇Image
What is cancer?

Cancer is a disease that occurs when cells in the body grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors and potentially spreading to other parts of the body

Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, which is made up of trillions of cells.

Normally, human cells grow and multiply (through a process called cell division) to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow old or become damaged, they die, and new cells take their place.Image
Types of Cancer:-

Cancer can occur in many parts of the body, including:

Bones: Sarcomas are cancers that form in bone and soft tissues

Blood: Leukemias are cancers that begin in the bone marrow, where blood is formed

Lymphoid tissue: Lymphomas are cancers that start in lymphocytes, which are T or B cells

Plasma cells: Multiple myeloma is a cancer that starts in plasma cells, which are another type of immune cell

Epithelial tissues: Carcinomas are cancers that start in epithelial tissues, which cover the outside of the body and line the inside of organs and body cavities
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I have corporate health insurance of 5 Lakhs from my Office
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So many people think this way
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A thread🧵on the features of a corporate cover & why personal health insurance is necessary?

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What is a corporate cover?

A Corporate Health Insurance Policy is a type of insurance that covers a group of professionals working under an organization against illness, accidents, & other health issues.

Corporate Health Insurance is basically a Group Health Insurance Plan.
Who is covered under a corporate plan?

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