Niva Bupa (erstwhile Max Bupa)
Health Pulse Classic
Health Pulse Classic is a decent policy and it's fairly economical. While it covers most bases, it does come with a room rent restriction. This means that if you're looking for a slightly fancy room or the room covered by the policy is not available, you will have to pay a portion of the bill amount.
What's good here?
You’ll never have to split the bill
The insurer will bear the entire cost of treatment (up to the sum insured). You won’t have to pay a single penny. Meaning this policy has no co-payment.
The insurer will bear the entire cost of treatment (up to the sum insured). You won’t have to pay a single penny. Meaning this policy has no co-payment.
You always have full cover irrespective of the disease
No funny business here. If your insurer hasn’t explicitly stated they won’t cover a certain illness, you can claim the full amount up to the sum insured, irrespective of the disease you’re dealing with. Meaning this policy doesn't impose the dreaded disease wise sub-limits.
Day Care treatments covered
If you’re hospitalized for less than 24 hours in lieu of a minor procedure, then the insurer will cover these costs too. Think dialysis, chemotherapy or minor surgeries.
Full coverage even if you are forced to hospitalize at home
The insurer will bear the costs even if you are hospitalized at home due to a condition or the hospital running out of beds. In insurance lingo, they call this a policy with domiciliary cover.
Pre & Post hospitalization expenses covered
No worries if the doctor had to run a host of diagnostic tests before or after hospitalizing you. The insurer has your back. They will cover this amount in full for a pretty reasonable duration - 30 days before you are hospitalized and 60 days after discharge. This includes the cost of medication by the way.
Free Health Checkups every year
If you’re planning on getting a full body checkup every year just to make sure you’re in fine working condition, the insurer will cover the costs.
Covers Alternative Medicine
Think of getting Ayurvedic, Homeopathic or other alternative treatments to cure an illness? Your insurer will cover you fully, up to the sum insured.
What's okay here?
You can pick a Single Private room but nothing fancy
You can share a room or you could have a single room for yourself. But if you are looking for anything slightly fancy, be ready to foot a part of the bill.
You can share a room or you could have a single room for yourself. But if you are looking for anything slightly fancy, be ready to foot a part of the bill.
Reasonable waiting period for pre-existing diseases
If you’re already dealing with diabetes, cardiovascular problems or any such illnesses, the insurer will cover all costs arising out of these pre-existing problems after you wait for 3 years.
Special Bonus for being healthy
Your sum insured increases by 10% each year, even if you've claimed in the previous year. But before you get too ahead of yourself, do note that they’ll stop offering you the bonus when your sum insured increases by 100%. But hey, it's still a bonus.
Some Restoration Benefit
Even after you claim part of the cover on one occasion, you will have 100% of the cover restored, if you are hospitalized one more time in a bid to treat a different complication. In the same year, by the way.
Add-ons
Safeguard
With this add-on, the insurer will increase your cover in line with inflation every year, your bonus amount will not be affected if the claim is less than ₹50,000 in the entire year and you also get extended coverage for generally excluded items like syringes, gloves, PPE kits etc.
Hospital Cash
The insurer pays a lumpsum by adding a fixed sum (daily cash) every day until the day of discharge so you can deal with any potential loss in income during this time. The money will be reimbursed to you after you submit the required documents post-discharge, and while this looks like a neat benefit to have, we don’t recommend it since the benefit doesn’t compensate for the extra premium you pay.
Personal Accident cover
With this add-on, the insurance company will payout a lumpsum amount based on the cover chosen, in case the proposer of the policy passes away in an accident.
E-consultations
With this add-on, you get unlimited tele/ online consultations under the plan.
Enhanced NCB
With this add-on, the insurer will provide an additional No Claim Bonus of 20% of the base Sum Insured at renewal, subject to a maximum of 200% of the base Sum insured.
Critical Illness
With this add-on, you get a lump sum payment in the event you are diagnosed with critical illnesses such as ike cancer, open heart replacement, kidney failure, stroke, organ transplant, etc.
Enhanced Refill
With this add-on, the insurer will Re-fill the cover upto 150% of the sum insured, instead of regular 100% of Sum Insured. But remember, this is applicable only if you are hospitalized one more time in a bid to treat a different complication.
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