Oriental Insurance
Health of Privileged Elders
The Oriental Insurance Health of Privileged Elders (HOPE) plan is designed exclusively for senior citizens aged 60 and above, offering sum insured options from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakhs. It covers specific diseases such as knee replacement, cancer, stroke, and cardiovascular conditions. The policy also features a relatively short two-year waiting period for pre-existing diseases, compulsory 20% co-payment, and cashless claims up to ₹1 lakh, making it a focused solution for elderly individuals with existing health concerns.
What's good here?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What's bad here?
You will have to pay a portion of the bill
The policy will only cover 80% of the final bill. The rest is on you. They call this a co-payment.
The policy will only cover 80% of the final bill. The rest is on you. They call this a co-payment.
Restrictions on the rooms you can pick and much more
Your insurer won’t let you stay in a room whose rent exceeds 1% of the sum insured. If it’s an ICU they’ll bump it to 2% of the sum insured. And in the event you breach these limits, then you’ll have to pay a lot more - Read more here
Maternity benefits not offered
Has disease wise sub-limits
Your insurance cover won’t be fully available in case you are treated for Accident Injury, Knee Replacement, Cardio Vascular Diseases, Chronic Renal Failure, Cancer, Hepato-Biliary Disorders, Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases, Stroke, Benign Prostrate, Orthopaedic Diseases, Opthalmic Diseases and a few other diseases. Meaning the insurance company has a cap on the total amount they’ll pay out if you are treated for these specific illnesses.
Doctor consultations are not covered
What's okay here?
Free Health Checkups
Once in 4 claim free years
Some coverage if you are forced to hospitalize at home
The insurer will pay up to ₹20,000 if you are forced to hospitalize at home due to a medical condition or the hospital running out of beds. In insurance lingo, they call this a policy with domiciliary cover.
What's lacking here?
No Restoration Benefit
Some policies will tell you - Even after you claim part of the cover on one occasion, you will have the full cover restored, if you are hospitalized another time during the same year. So if you have a family cover and multiple members of the family are hospitalized in the same year, this feature will come in handy. Unfortunately, this policy offers no such benefit.
No Bonus for being healthy and not claiming insurance
Some policies offer you extra cover if you go an entire year without claiming your insurance. This policy, however, offers no such benefit.
Add-on
Co-payment
This benefit helps to opt for co-payment between 10% to 50%.
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