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Three levels of cover – choose the one that’s right for you

You can choose from three levels of cover, depending on what you can afford and what worries you most.

 

Heart and Cancer Cover

If you're particularly concerned about suffering from a heart condition or being diagnosed with cancer, then you can choose Heart and Cancer Cover. It covers you for the cost of any private medical treatment you need for heart disease and cancer, once you've been diagnosed. This includes:

  • All eligible inpatient hospital fees, including specialist fees, that are directly related to treating a diagnosed heart condition or cancer
  • Specified outpatient costs related to treating a diagnosed heart condition or cancer& including radiotherapy and chemotherapy, amongst other things

It will only pay for tests and scans that are needed to monitor or treat your condition; it doesn't pay for any tests or scans that are needed to confirm your diagnosis.

Because this cover only pays for heart and cancer treatment, you pay a lower premium for it than for the other levels of cover.


 

Primary Cover

This covers heart conditions and cancer as well as a wide range of other illnesses. It includes:

  • All eligible inpatient hospital fees, including specialist fees
  • Outpatient costs up to a combined limit of £750


 

Comprehensive Cover

This covers the same illnesses as Primary Cover. The difference is that many of the limits that apply to outpatient costs under Primary Cover are higher, or have been removed, for Comprehensive Cover. It includes:

  • All eligible inpatient and outpatient hospital fees, including specialist fees
  • A wider range of additional benefits, including complementary and alternative therapies
 

Compare our Health Cover Plans in detail below

InpatientComprehensivePrimaryHeart and Cancer
Hospital charges
Consists of accommodation, meals, drugs and surgical dressings, nursing care, operating theatre, intensive and high dependency care, prostheses used during an operation, in-patient physiotherapy
Cover in full for treatment related to a confirmed heart condition or cancer
Specialist/consultant fees
Includes, but not limited to, surgeons, anaesthetist and physician fees
yesCover in full for treatment related to a confirmed diagnosis of heart condition or cancer
Diagnostic tests
Consists of pathology, X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, PET scans and physiological tests such as an ECG
yesyesCover in full for treatment related to a confirmed diagnosis of heart condition or cancer
Radiotherapy
chemotherapy
yesyesyes
Psychiatric treatmentCombined psychiatric limit of £20,000 per policy yearCombined psychiatric limit of £7,000 per policy yearno

 

OUTPATIENTComprehensivePrimaryHeart and Cancer
Specialist consultationsyesCombined limit of £750 per policy year1Cover in full for treatment related to a confirmed diagnosis of heart condition or cancer
Diagnostic tests (scans, MRI, CT, PET)yesyesCover in full for treatment related to a confirmed diagnosis of heart condition or cancer
Diagnostic tests (other)yesyesCover in full for treatment related to a confirmed diagnosis of heart condition or cancer
PhysiotherapyyesCombined limit of £750 per policy year1Cover for treatment related to a confirmed diagnosis of heart condition or cancer. A limit of £250 per person per policy year
Chiropractors and osteopathsLimit of £800 per policy yearCombined limit of £750 per policy year1no
Radio/chemotherapyyesyesyes
Psychiatric treatmentCombined psychiatric limit of £20,000 per policy yearSub limit of £750 to an overall combined psychiatric limit of £7,000 per policy yearno

 

OTHER BENEFITSComprehensivePrimaryHeart and Cancer
Complementary and alternative medicinesLimit of £600 per policy yearnono
Maternity cash benefit£100 per child£100 per childno
Home nursingyes£3,000 limit per policy year£3,000 per policy year in lieu of hospital admission for heart or cancer
Private ambulanceyes£60 per tripUnlimited for medically necessary transfers following a heart or cancer admission
Complementary and alternative medicinesYes (for children of 12 or under, 1 parent)Yes (for children of 12 or under, 1 parent)Yes (children under 12, 1 parent) where child treated for heart or cancer
NHS hospital cash benefit£100 per day, overall annual limit of £2,000£50 per day (overall annual limit of £2,000)£50 per day (overall annual limit of £2,000)

yesin the summary of benefits means you are covered and we will pay for the treatment at hospitals on your selected hospital list where charges are within our fee maxima for the services provided.

1The combined limit means claims for specialist consultations, diagnostic tests, physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy all aggregate to one limit for each member on the policy.

“Diagnostic scans” include CT, MRI and PET scans. These must be following consultant referral only and also within the member’s selected hospital list. A co-payment of 40% of the tariff will apply for scans undertaken outside of member’s selected hospital list.

“Other diagnostic tests” include pathology, X-rays and physiological tests such as an ECG. For physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy, cover will only apply up to the number of authorised sessions.

For a full list of what each level covers and what it doesn’t, please see the Health Cover policy summary and policy document, within the plan provisions.

 

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