The pandemic has truly changed our life’s worth. Today we are extremely careful about things we would seldom care about before. Take, for example, health insurance. Everyone’s running for cover. Hospital bills are running into lakhs of rupees. Social media like Twitter, Facebook, and others are flooded with complaints on claim rejection, non-payment, and reimbursement settlement delays. In fact, many were left with a deep hole in their pockets, settling a major chunk of their bills in cash as hospitals chose to charge patients even for doctors’ safety gear. These were not covered under health insurance.
Policyholders were often left wondering about the fate of their claims. While some policies covered one set of illnesses, others covered a diverse group of diseases, with different premiums and clauses. It was a nightmare. However, a quick intervention from the regulator has paved the way for a better standardized health insurance order.
The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has mandated that all general and health insurers offer standard individual health insurance products. This was implemented from October 1. 2020. For customers, it means insurance cover for more illnesses and procedures. Now pre-existing diseases include any health condition that has been diagnosed 48 months before the issuance of the health policy and a medical condition that develops within three months of policy issuance. Also, stress, mental illness, telemedicine, high tech surgeries are now covered under health insurance.
While buying insurance products has become less complicated, it has spiked up the cost of the premium, making the policy costly.
この記事は Outlook Money の November 2020 版に掲載されています。
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