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Importance of Medical Tests Before Buying Medical Insurance

Importance of Medical Tests Before Buying Medical Insurance





A commonplace advertisement from insurance companies is 'no medical tests required to purchase an insurance policy'. People are attracted to the convenience of no-test policy compared to the one that requires all medical tests. But is it really right to purchase a policy without knowing your health condition?

Every individual going to buy an insurance policy whether health or life insurance needs to undergo medical tests as prescribed and should be aware of his health condition. This article discusses the importance and reasons for getting an insurance policy after taking medical tests appropriately.

Premiums are based on health condition 
The premiums of an insurance policy (health or life) are charged based on the individual's health condition. You need to make a declaration about your health condition in policy application form and the insurer fixes a premium rate on the basis of your discloser.

For understanding this clearly, lets take an example of two persons. Of them, one has high sugar levels and the other person has normal sugar levels. If both take insurance policy from a company that does not require medical tests then both will be charged same premium. But in reality, the premiums for normal persons should be less than the premiums of others with health issues.


The policies that require no-medical tests are:


Low value policies: Policies that do not consider health tests offer cover not more than Rs 5 lakh. So, if you are looking for a higher cover, that serves your life/health insurance needs, then you should take pure protection policy that requires you to undergo medical tests.

Prone to rejection easily: In most cases, the person who is taking insurance without a medical test may not be aware of his health condition. He may suffer from an illness and may not know about it till a medical test is conducted. In such a case, an insurer can reject the claim as these policies contain suppressed facts of your health condition with no proper underwriting. So, these kind of unintentional mistakes may simply deprive insurance cover even for those paying huge premiums.

Cover may be inadequate: If you get policies that require no medical tests, then you will also get the policy that has no appropriate insurance cover. It is like getting insured, but having no adequate insurance protection.

It is the actual responsibility of insurance company to determine the health condition of an insurance buyer. An insurance company simply cannot deny the claim as it is its responsibility to subject the policyholder to medical tests and then fix the premium.

Thus, a detailed medical examination that requires blood and urinalysis related tests, blood sugar, ECG, blood count, blood pressure, blood serum tests etc. will benefit you manifold. It provides your health condition report which tells you how fit you are. If you are suffering from any illness, get it cured before it ruins your health. Get complete medical record of your health before buying insurance policy.

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