Senior citizen health insurance plans are comparatively expensive, but they provide numerous benefits to the senior citizens
Anuja Gupta, 63 years old, recently renewed her health insurance for senior citizens for the second year. Ms Gupta felt that she was lucky as she had an adequate health insurance cover. When Ms Gupta, a widow, was suddenly hospitalized a couple of months back, she didn’t have to worry about the high cost of her medical treatment because of her health insurance policy.
Ms Gupta said that during her recovery her savings kitty was impacted the least because of her health insurance policy. If she didn’t have her health insurance she would have probably contributed more to her recovery than anything else.
With the rising medical costs and increasing life expectancy, all of us know that it is important to buy a health insurance plan for our parents. But most of us delay our decision to buy a suitable health insurance as we don’t know which policy is the ‘best’ policy for our parents.
Many corporate employees also get medical insurance from their employers. This medical insurance policy also covers their parents. Hence, these employees don’t feel the need to buy a separate medical insurance policy for their parents. But, it is not a wise decision to depend only on your employer’s policy as here the sum insured would be limited or may be in case of a job change the new employer may not provide such insurance cover.
This article provides you information on some health insurance policies available for senior citizens in the market. If your parents are below 60 years of age, they have many choices available to them. However, once your parents are above 60 years of age, their options get limited—most insurers do not offer fresh covers beyond this threshold.
Here’s a list of standalone health policies for elderly people who are below 60 years of age. The table below provides information on the facilities, maximum renewal age and indicative premiums which these policies offer with a sum insured of Rs. 2 lakh. However the acceptance of the proposal is subject to Insurance Company’s approval.
Quote for health insurance (below 60 years of age)
Name: Mother, Age: 53, Sum insured: Rs. 2 lakh, Plan: Individual | ||||||
Insurer | Max Bupa | United India | Star Health | National Insurance | ICICI Lombard | Bajaj Allianz |
Plan Name | Heart Beat | Health Insurance | Criticare | Health Insurance | Comprehensive Health Insurance | Health Guard |
Copay (Other than Non-network hospital) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Daycare treatment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Max renewal age | Lifetime | 80 years | Lifetime | Till 90 years | 70 years | 80 years |
Pre & post-hospitalisation | Covered up to 15% of SI for 30 / 60 days | 30/60 days | Covered up to 7% of hospitalisation expenses & maximum Rs. 5,000 | 30/60 days | 30/60 days | 60/90 days |
Cashless facility | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pre-existing disease coverage | After 48 months | After 4 continuous claim free years | After 4 continuous claim free years | After 4 continuous claim free years | After 4 continuous renewals | After 4 continuous renewals |
Cumulative bonus | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Renewal discount | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Total premium | Rs. 10,126 | Rs. 6,197 | Rs. 10,479 | Rs. 7,492 | Rs. 6,958 | Rs. 6,569 |
Name: Father, Age: 60, Sum insured: Rs. 2 lakh, Plan: Individual | ||||
Insurer | Max Bupa | Star Health | National Insurance | Bajaj Allianz |
Plan | Heart Beat | Criticare | Health Insurance | Silver Health |
Copay (Other than non-network hospital) |
NA | NA | NA | NA |
Daycare treatment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Max renewal age | Lifetime | Lifetime | Till 90 years | 80 years |
Pre & post-hospitalisation | Covered up to 15% of SI for 30/60 days | Covered up to 7% of hospitalisation expenses & maximum Rs. 5,000 | 30/60 days | 60/90 days |
Cashless facility | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pre-existing disease coverage | After 48 months of continuous renewal | Yes | After 4 continuous claim free years | After 4 continuous renewals |
Cumulative bonus | No | No | No | 5% CB for each claim free year, max up to 50% |
Renewal discount | No | No | Yes | No |
Total premium | Rs. 15,546 | Rs. 9,500 | Rs. 9,946 | Rs. 12,588 |
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