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The health insurance is an agreement between the insurance company and an individual.. This is about the provision of health services to the client by the insurance company.. Some amount of the money is paid to the insurance company by the individual who procures the insurance. The individual who pays the dues of insurance company gets the treatment for any disease at the expense of insurance company. The terms and conditions about the insurance are laid down by the insurance company. Usually the details of the insurance policy are given in these terms and conditions. There are very lengthy details about the implementation of the insurance policy. This is beyond the capability of the individuals to understand and go through all the details laid down in the terms and conditions. But on the other hand it is very important that the individuals should have the knowledge of the major issues in the policy.

The person who gets the insurance policy should known five most important things about the insurance policy. First of all it should be known to everyone that the rules and regulation do not allow the insurance companies to ignore the provision of benefits to the clients on the basis of preexisting diseases. The individuals who have any pre existing disease may deposit an extra amount for coverage of these diseases. But they do not have to pay extra for their pre existing conditions. Secondly, according to the state laws, the dependent children are covered by the parent’s insurance policy up to the age of 26 years. The limit of the age for the children to be declared as dependents is interpreted as 19th year by many insurance companies. The clients should make it clear to the insurance companies that law allows the children to be designated as dependants till the age of 26 years. Thirdly the clients should know about the entitlement of treatment, whether only outdoor treatment will be provided or hospital admission is also included. Sometimes the innocent people will be paying large dues but given only outdoor patient department and emergency care only while they should be provided the indoor treatment facilities also. The fourth thing is about the medicines or drugs which are authorized to the clients by the insurance company. Insured individuals should know whether he will be provided the drugs or medicines under the brand name or generic name. The branded medicines are generally better quality and more costly than the generic medicines. Finally the individuals should be able to understand whether they will be provided the facility of the medical investigations in the laboratory and the annual medical checkup or not.

The above paragraphs have mentioned about some of the issue which need to be clarified before buying the policy. I know dealing with Insurance company for claims is not as easy as No Nonsence Muscles Building Program By Vince Delmonte There are other issues also which should be settled before the insurance policy finalized but not as important as have been described here.