Simplest Guide for Health Insurance in India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net Understand Mediclaim in the most simple way possible! Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Not Received The Mediclaim http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/not-received-the-mediclaim/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/not-received-the-mediclaim/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:44:10 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2084 Read the Rest...
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Dear Sir,

This is to inform you i am the holder of Madhur dairy gandhinagar,and i am claim not to dairy for my mediclaim as a holder and as per dairy association they are already inform to oriental insurance company on 17/06/10.but still no one response from the insurance company. please look into this and resolve ASAP and do the needful.

Regards;
mehul

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Mediclaim Not Received http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/mediclaim-not-received-3/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/mediclaim-not-received-3/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:24:54 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2081 Read the Rest...
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Dear sir,

I am employee of voith hydro Pvt limited noida, i have loged a mediclaim in the month of January’2010 from Paramount Health Services thru your service for my wifes delivery, we got this insurance card issued from our company, although i gave all papers subject to claim but i have not received any communication from your side nor the rejection letter. my PHS ID is UI NOI 20154669 VHPL

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What are the benefits we get in health insurance after 3 claim free years? http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/what-are-the-benefits-we-get-in-health-insurance-after-3-claim-free-years/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/what-are-the-benefits-we-get-in-health-insurance-after-3-claim-free-years/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:43:17 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2075 Read the Rest...
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Almost all health insurance companies give a free health check up to the customers who have completed three or four claim free years without break with the company. You need to conduct these tests in the authorized diagnostic centers.

  • For Policies from Private Health Insurance Companies: You will get a Health Checkup coupon at the time of the renewal of health insurance policy on completion of your three of four claim free years. You need to take this coupon to an authorized diagnostic centre (list, mentioned on the coupon) to undergo the check up.
  • For Policies from Public Health Insurance Companies: You need to get the ‘No Claim Confirmation’ from the TPA after completion of the required claim free years. You can get a checkup done free of cost upto 1% of the sum assured. Send your original bills to Health insurance Company for reimbursement.

To read more such information see Why aren’t Diagnostic Tests Covered in Health Insurance?

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Which Health insurance policies cover OPD expenses in India? http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/which-health-insurance-policies-cover-opd-expenses-in-india/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/which-health-insurance-policies-cover-opd-expenses-in-india/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:36:58 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2073 Read the Rest...
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Though regular health insurance policies do not cover OPD expenses there are certain policies like  ICICI Lombard’s Health advantage, Star’ Health Gain and Apollo’s Maxima health plan. These plans cover your OPD expenses including dental, consultation and Diagnostic tests expenses upto a limit. You have to keep all the bills with you and reimburse the amount once in a year. Though this benefit is a good one, the premium slabs are greater compared to other policies for the same sum assured.

To read more such information see Why aren’t Diagnostic Tests Covered in Health Insurance?

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When are Diagnostic Tests payable in health insurance in India? http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/when-are-diagnostic-tests-payable-in-health-insurance-in-india/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/when-are-diagnostic-tests-payable-in-health-insurance-in-india/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:34:03 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2071 Read the Rest...
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OPD expenses like consultation fees, expenses on medicines, dental expenses are not payable in India, but if:

  • You are hospitalized due to findings of the test you took. Also note that the tests are payable only if they are a part of your treatment
  • If you require these diagnostic tests as part of the treatment for which you are hospitalized. That is if your doctor ordered some blood tests, x ray tests while your stay in the hospitalization, these are payable.

Note: There may be sub limits on these for example – in National insurance, “Anesthesia, Blood, Oxygen, OT charges, surgical appliance, Medicines, drugs, Diagnostic Material & X-Ray, Dialysis, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, cost of pacemaker, artificial limbs and cost of stent and implant. Maximum limit per illness – 50% of Sum Insured.”

To read more such information see Why aren’t Diagnostic Tests Covered in Health Insurance?

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Why Diagnostic Tests are not Covered in Mediclaim in India? http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/why-diagnostic-tests-are-not-covered-in-mediclaim-in-india/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/why-diagnostic-tests-are-not-covered-in-mediclaim-in-india/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:30:45 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2069 Read the Rest...
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Unlike in some of the other countries which provide a universal health care system, Health insurance in India is restricted to hospitalization, which means that health insurance companies will only pay claims pertaining to medical expenses related to hospitalization. Thus all OPD expenses like consultation fees, expenses on medicines, dental expenses are not payable. So even if some of the tests for example- MRI scans, are very expensive, they are not payable in most of the health insurance policies.

To read more such information see Why aren’t Diagnostic Tests Covered in Health Insurance?

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Cheating http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/cheating/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/cheating/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:55:41 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2034 Read the Rest...
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Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you that Karvy had offered a mediclaim policy under the renowed name of National India Insurance. They had given us a pamphlet stating
*from the very first day of policy login all the disease except AIDS, Heart Transplant, Knee Transplant, will be covered.
*pregnancy cover after nine months will be covered.
*there will be no capping
*emergency situation will be covered.
apart from these other few promises were given

we bought the policy, we got the cards but received no policy bond details or any conditions etc. We asked for the policy but they said its available on the net.. We just relied on there pamphlet and their representative’s word. We kept on asking for the policy but got no response.
Now in an emergency, I got my wife admitted in Metro, informed the agency, and when again contacted the agency they replied, there is a waiting period of three months. They asked me to look for the conditions on net, there is a login password, which I havent recieved yet. So how can i know about condition,. Karvy people are not replying. I am feeling very cheated and frustrated.
I want to know few things,
How can a company sell their plans giving wrong information on their pamphelets?
Can a company say no for the policy hard paper and ask their clients to rely on internet?.
If this will happen, how can an internet unfriendly people will come to know about the policy?
Isnt this a proper case of cheating and fraud?
Please look into the matter, so that these people wont cheat anyone again.

Kavindra Sachan
Sahara Samay News Channel,
9811946797
Noida

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Rejection of Health claim on baseless ground http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/rejection-of-health-claim-on-baseless-ground/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/rejection-of-health-claim-on-baseless-ground/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:39:34 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2031 Read the Rest...
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My mother took Senior Citizen Red Carpet Policy (Coverage: 2 Lac; P/161119/01/2009/000073) from Star Health. In 2008, when she took policy, she declared that she has Blood Pressure. In March,2010, multiple blocks in her heart was detected and accordingly she underwent open heart surgery. She spent around Rs. 260,000/- in this process. She submitted all the papers to Star Health. Today, I came to know that they have rejected the claim (#8713) and mentioned the reason “patient was symptomatic prior to inception of star policy”.

My mother felt cheated now as she paid hefty amount to these people in last 2 years and they rejected the claim when she really needs it. It looks like Star health Insurance is “only” interested in collecting the insurance (May be, this is the reason for selling it Cheap)?

What is the legal way to handle this issue ? Can anybody guide me ?

Ajay Goel
09840563293

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What are the benefits of Buying Health Insurance from General Insurance companies? http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/what-are-the-benefits-of-buying-health-insurance-from-general-insurance-companies/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/what-are-the-benefits-of-buying-health-insurance-from-general-insurance-companies/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:19:21 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2028 Read the Rest...
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General insurance companies offer health policies which are mainly short term in nature. This means, that the health insurance policies can be renewed year after year and the premium amount varies with age.

Health insurance covers offered under general insurance, include mainly hospitalization covers either on reimbursement or cashless basis. The Third Party Administrators (TPAs) mainly offer cashless service as they have arrangements with various hospitals, who are the service providers. The TPAs also help in reimbursement claims.

To read more see Health Insurance by Life and General Insurance Cos

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Do life insurance companies offer Health Insurance in India? http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/do-life-insurance-companies-offer-health-insurance-in-india/ http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/2010/07/do-life-insurance-companies-offer-health-insurance-in-india/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:14:38 +0000 Insurance India http://www.healthinsuranceindia.net/?p=2026 Read the Rest...
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There are various life insurance companies that offer health benefits and packages. Firstly, the health related policies under life insurance companies cover certain critical illnesses. For example, certain private companies that offer life insurance to customers cover about 36 critical illnesses which include heart attacks, stroke, cancer, paralysis etc. Now this in turn means that once a person visits a doctor for treatment, and if the doctor then after diagnosis confirms a serious illness, then on the basis of the doctor’s report, the insured will get a lump sum amount from the company.

Health Insurance policies by life insurance companies are long term plans (over 10, 20 years and above)

One of the prime ways in which life insurance companies tend to sell health policies are mostly in the form of investment plans. These are essentially known as Health ULIP plans. However the difference in these plans and others lies with regard to:

  • the hidden charges which are high ,
  • a waiting period of three years before which you cannot claim,
  • High premium rates.

To read more see Health Insurance by Life and General Insurance Cos

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