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Types of Health Insurance

Health insurance provides financial protection against medical bills, saving you from financial strain during health crises. Health insurance policies cater to varying needs and cover individuals and families. Understand the best health insurance and types to select the most appropriate plan for your long-term security.

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What is Health Insurance?

Health insurance acts as a safety net, protecting you from costly healthcare expenses. It ensures you can access essential medical services easily without worrying about financial burdens. Coverage encompasses pre- and post-hospitalisations, medications, day care healthcare, and annual check-ups. A significant benefit of the different types of health insurance is the convenience of fast claim settlements and cashless hospitalisation. A health insurance policy offers you peace of mind during a medical emergency and ensures you can access quality healthcare services whenever needed.

Importance of Choosing the Right Health Insurance Policy

Choosing the right health insurance protects you and your family from unexpected medical expenses. It provides access to quality care without financial stress, with coverage according to your needs. It helps manage rising costs, supports lifestyle illnesses, and offers peace of mind during emergencies. Additionally, it offers tax benefits and promotes regular health check-ups for long-term well-being.

Let's understand the importance in a better way with this reference:

Suhas was discussing with his father about his friend, whose mother was recently diagnosed with kidney failure. His father asked whether his friend had health insurance. Suhas told him that he only has individual health insurance. So, he could not claim his mother's treatment and had to bear the cost of the treatment from his pocket. Before choosing the best type of health coverage, he didn’t comprehend the potential needs of his family, which resulted in financial constraints during the emergency. Therefore, it is essential to consider all factors before choosing a health insurance policy.

Select From the Best Health Insurance

Care Health Insurance is among India's top health insurance providers, ensuring you and your family get excellent healthcare coverage at a reasonable cost. Here are some of the best health insurance plans in India from Care Health Insurance.

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Care Advantage

Health insurance for domestic and global coverage up to 6 crore

  • Global Health Cover 
  • 10% No Claim Bonus every year, max. Up to 50%
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Individual Health Insurance

A Safety Net that Protects You Against Medical Emergencies

  • Plan starting from 25 lakhs and going up to 6 Crores
  • An add-on offering unlimited e-consultations
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Care Freedom

Health Insurance for listed pre-existing diseases

  • Dialysis Cover 
  • Day Care Treatments
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Health Insurance for Senior Citizens

Your Parents have always care for you, Now its your TURN

  • No Pre-policy medical check-up
  • Annual Health check-up for all insured persons
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Types of Health Insurance Plans in India

Care Health Insurance offers several types of health coverage based on our customers' healthcare needs. Let’s identify the best health insurance plan for each individual.

Health Insurance Types Who Should Buy It?
Individual Health Insurance Individual
Family Floater Health Insurance Whole family
Maternity Insurance Expecting mothers & newborns
Senior Citizen Health Insurance Citizens aged 60 years and above
Health Insurance for Diabetes Diabetes and lifestyle diseases
Super Top-Up Insurance People who need extra coverage when their SI is exhausted.
Corona Health Insurance Specific protection from COVID-19

Different Types of Health Insurance in India

Looking for the best health insurance plan that matches your needs and lifestyle? Care Health Insurance offers comprehensive, affordable policies to protect you and your loved ones from unexpected medical expenses. Explore our different types of health insurance plans here and choose the best one that fits your needs.

Individual Health Insurance

An individual plan is a type of medical insurance offering coverage, benefits, and financial security for medical emergencies to a single policyholder. It serves as a personal safeguard against expenses from emergency hospitalisation, accidents, or illnesses. As an individual, you have the option to customise the benefits of your mediclaim policy while benefiting from an affordable premium.

Features

  • Cashless hospitalisation
  • Cost-effective plans
  • Tax benefits
  • Unlimited Recharge of SI
  • Customisable health benefits

Family Floater Health Insurance

This type of medical insurance policy safeguards the health of your entire family. A family health insurance plan covers two adults and two children. You can cover yourself, spouse, dependent children, and elders by paying a standard premium. The premium amount depends mainly on the age of the oldest member getting insured, and all share the sum insured. The premium is comparatively lower in family floater plans than individual health insurance plans. It covers the medical expenses for pre- and post-hospitalisation and treatment during an emergency or planned admission.

Features

  • Flexibility to add new members
  • Daycare treatment
  • Pre and post-hospitalisation
  • Up to 100% Cumulative Bonus
  • AYUSH treatment
  • Domiciliary hospitalisation
  • Ambulance cover

Maternity Insurance

Maternity health insurance policies are specialised plans that cover costs related to pregnancy and childbirth. Regular check-ups, ultrasound scans, doctor consultations, nursing costs, hospitalisation charges for delivery (including caesarean or normal), and newborn baby care (including vaccination costs and congenital birth conditions) are all covered by this policy. Maternity insurance ensures the best medical facilities for the mother and her newborn.

Features

  • Coverage of newborn babies and birth defects
  • Congenital diseases cover
  • Free look period
  • Direct claim settlement

Super Top-Up Insurance

Super top-up insurance plans serve as a backup plan. They act like a Stepney to your existing health cover once you exhaust the sum insured limit. Therefore, they cover the cost after you reach a certain threshold of expenses. The plans offer affordable additional coverage that helps you cope with extra expenditures due to unforeseen medical emergencies.

Features

  • Medical treatment worldwide
  • Flexible options
  • No Sub-limit
  • Discount with multi-year policies
  • Cashless hospitalisation
  • Direct insurance claim filing
  • 15 days Free Look Period

Health Insurance for Senior Citizens

This type of health insurance is designed for people who have reached 60 years of age. It provides financial support for retired senior citizens without a fixed income.. Under a senior citizen health insurance plan, they can also avail of cashless hospitalisation, domiciliary hospitalisation, daycare treatment, AYUSH treatment, and more. Health policy for senior citizens is best to give your old parents a healthy and peaceful life after retirement.

Features

  • IPD and Daycare coverage
  • Pre- and Post-Hospitalisation
  • Annual health check-up
  • AYUSH coverage

Mediclaim Insurance

Mediclaim Insurance provides helpful support during medical emergencies, making it easier to handle unexpected health expenses. It offers complete coverage for hospital expenses, including pre- and post-hospitalisation, surgeries, and day care treatments. With a broad network of cashless hospitals and fast claim settlements, a Mediclaim policy helps you receive quality care without worrying about the costs. It's perfect for individuals and families looking for trustworthy and affordable health security.

Features

  • Indemnity-based plans
  • Second opinion
  • Lifelong renewability
  • Dialysis and chemotherapy coverage
  • Organ donor coverage
  • OPD expenses
  • Global coverage

Health Insurance for Diabetes

This type of medical insurance is specifically for protection against lifestyle diseases. At Care Health Insurance, we have the Care Freedom plan, which covers the treatment expenses arising out of pre-existing conditions, including hypertension and diabetes. All the standard medical expenses for treating pre-existing diseases are covered.

Features

  • No pre-policy medical check-ups
  • Consumable Allowance
  • Minimum waiting period
  • Discounts on premium
  • Cashless healthcare
  • Recharge of SI
  • 15 days Free Look Period

Corona Health Insurance: Corona Kavach Policy

Corona Kavach Policy is a type of health insurance in India that covers the treatment expenses related to COVID-19. The plan includes home care treatment expenses up to SI for a maximum of 14 days per incident. It covers AYUSH treatment, hospitalisation and medication expenses for COVID-19 treatment. Refer to the T&C for more details.

Features

  • Hospital/Nursing home stay, surgeon, consultant fees
  • Blood, anaesthesia, oxygen, surgical appliances, OT, ventilator charges
  • Medicines, imaging, diagnostics, PPE kits, and related items
  • ICU/ICCU charges
  • Ambulance expenses as per policy terms

Types of Mediclaim Insurance Offered by Care Health Insurance!

Care Health Insurance offers an extensive selection of mediclaim plans that meet various stages of life and healthcare needs. Here's a quick overview of the different types of mediclaim insurance available:

Mediclaim Insurance Policy Sum Insured Offer Suitable For
Critical Illness Insurance 10 Lakh, 25 Lakh, 50 Lakh, 1Crore A family history of a critical illness
Heart Mediclaim 10 Lakh, 25 Lakh, 50 Lakh, 1Crore Major heart ailments and surgery
Operation Insurance 10 Lakh, 25 Lakh, 50 Lakh, 1Crore For major surgeries
Cancer Insurance 10 Lakh, 25 Lakh, 50 Lakh, 1Crore Individuals who have a family history of Cancer

Critical Illness Insurance

A critical illness insurance plan is a type of medical coverage that covers hospitalisation expenses for a critical illness, such as cancer, catastrophic burns, or coma, as specified by the policy of choice. Both individual and family health insurance options are offered for this comprehensive and affordable plan. A critical illness policy can be purchased by those who have a medical history, pre-existing conditions, or who want financial protection against potential medical problems. People who work in high-risk occupations or have a family history of disease benefit from this type of health policy.

Features

  • Quicker claim settlement
  • Comprehensive coverage
  • Cashless claim facility
  • Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy
  • Dialysis coverage
  • No Claim Bonus
  • IPD and OPD expenses

Heart Mediclaim

Care Heart Mediclaim is designed especially to provide coverage for heart conditions without leading to financial problems. It is a comprehensive heart care plan or cardiac insurance that covers hospitalisation expenses for 16 major cardiac illnesses. Our heart mediclaim coverage offers the opportunity to pay the premium in convenient EMIs.

Features

  • Cashless & Reimbursement Facility
  • Annual Cardiac Health Check-up
  • Lifelong renewability
  • Global coverage (for 1 & 2 Cr SI)
  • International second opinion
  • Air Ambulance
  • Organ donor cover
  • Tax Benefits Under Section 80D

Operation Insurance

Operation insurance, often known as surgical insurance, is a type of health insurance that covers medical procedures such as surgeries. It helps policyholders manage the significant costs associated with hospitalisation, pre- and post-operative care, and the actual surgical procedure. Operation insurance policies cover a wide range of surgeries, from general to complicated, allowing the policyholder to focus on recovery rather than financial concerns. Individuals who need expensive and prolonged medical care may decide to purchase operation insurance.

Surgeries Covered

  • Appendectomy, Hernia Surgery, Gallbladder Removal Surgeries
  • Cardiac Surgeries
  • Orthopaedic Surgeries
  • Neurosurgeries
  • Gastrointestinal Surgeries
  • Cancer-related Surgeries
  • Urological Surgeries
  • Eye Surgeries
  • ENT Surgeries
  • Laparoscopic Surgeries
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecological Surgeries

Features

  • Defined surgical procedures
  • Pre and Post-hospitalisation expenses
  • IPD and Daycare treatment
  • Organ donor cover
  • Second opinion
  • Annual health check-up
  • Air Ambulance Cover
  • No Claim Bonus

Cancer Insurance

Cancer insurance is a type of health insurance that covers financial expenses associated with cancer diagnosis and treatment. Health insurance for cancer patients covers medical expenses, annual health check-ups, medications, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, surgery, pre- and post-hospitalisations and more. Cancer Mediclaim Policy also provides access to the most effective medical resources for cancer treatment at any stage. One of the best benefits of this cancer mediclaim insurance is the cashless hospitalisation for treatment at 21700+ cashless healthcare providers.

Features

  • Comprehensive Protection at All Stages
  • Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Cover
  • Day Care Treatment
  • Ambulance Cover
  • Organ Donor Cover
  • Quick Recovery Counselling
  • Alternative Treatments

How Does Health Insurance Work?

Understanding how health insurance works will help you make better decisions when choosing a plan. Here's how it works with Care Health Insurance:

  • Choose a plan: Select the best type of health coverage based on your healthcare needs.
  • Pay Premiums: To maintain the integrity of your policy, pay your premiums on time.
  • Access Cashless Treatment: Receive cashless medical treatment in more than 21700+ Healthcare Network hospitals.
  • Raise a Claim: Opt for a cashless or reimbursement claim as per your treatment.
  • Get Medical Expenses Covered: Includes pre- and post-hospitalisation, diagnostics, day-care and more.
  • Add-On Benefits: Avail additional benefits such as annual health check-ups, OPD care and more.

Why Buy Health Insurance at a Young Age?

The world is experiencing fatalities in all age groups, from teens to adults. Considering the world’s uncertainties and sky-touching healthcare costs, you must safeguard yourself from unplanned medical situations at a young age because:

  • Lower Premiums, More Benefits: The risk of health issues increases with age, leading to higher premiums.
  • Enhanced Chances of Scoring No-Claim Bonus: Young policyholders are less likely to claim, increasing the chances of earning a No-Claim Bonus.
  • Serving Waiting Period Becomes Easy: Buying health insurance early helps serve the waiting period smoothly, ensuring complete coverage when required.
  • More Tax Benefits: You are eligible for tax deductions on health insurance premiums per Section 80D of the Income Tax Act.
  • Lesser Dependency on Guardians: When your health is insured, you and your family are protected as the financial burden reduces.
  • Comprehensive Coverage: From critical illness, pre-hospitalisation and post-hospitalisation expenses to ambulance cover and daycare treatments, you get better coverage in all policy benefits.

Care Health Insurance offers a Young Insurance coverage with comprehensive inflation-proof coverage without co-payment. It offers SI from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 6 crore and unlimited recharge for related illnesses.

Things to Consider While Choosing the Right Type of Health Insurance Plan

Out of multiple types of health insurance policies, choosing the most appropriate one is essential. Exploring the types of medical insurance can help you find the best plan for you and your family. Find the one that fits your needs-

  • Health Needs: Assess your current health and future needs. Also, analyse the medical history of family members, family size and existing health conditions.
  • Co-payments: Prior to purchasing a plan, you should confirm the required co-payments. You can select a different plan if the co-payment is high. In the same way, you can choose the other plans with no co-payment options.
  • Sum Insured - When choosing the best health insurance plan for you, you should also take the sum insured into consideration. You must buy a top-up health insurance policy to back your base policy if you want extensive coverage.
  • Verify Lifetime Renewability: A policy with unlimited renewal awards acquired bonuses that can be utilised for wider coverage.
  • Age: Various plans depend upon the insurer's age, so it is an important factor when choosing a health insurance plan.
  • Network Healthcare Providers: The higher the number of healthcare providers, the more likely there is cashless treatment.
  • Look for Add-on Options: Considers additional benefits like unlimited recharge, wellness benefit, OPD and more.
  • Exclusions: You must have information about exclusions such as pregnancy, cosmetic treatment, self-inflicted injuries, and alternative treatments.
  • Waiting Period: Some plans offer additional benefits to reduce the waiting period, so you can choose a type of health insurance policy based on your current medical condition.

Why Choose Care Health Insurance?

Choosing the right health insurance is crucial, especially when there are different types of health insurance available. Here’s why Care Health Insurance is a sensible and trustworthy option for you and your family:

  • Over 21700+ cashless healthcare providers
  • Fast and easy claim settlement
  • 24*7 customer support
  • Affordable premiums and lifetime renewability
  • Tax saving up to Rs 75000 Section 80D of the Income Tax Act..
  • PAN India Coverage and more.

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**Number of Claims Settled as of 31st March 2024

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