Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Features to note in a Hospital Indemnity Insurance policy you are considering purchasing:

• Amount of daily payment. (Some policies provide for increase in coverage for a stay in a hospital Intensive Care Unit).
• Whether the amount of the payment is unconditional, or conditioned on other insurance you have.
• How long the benefit is payable.
• Who receives the money. Some policies pay you. Others pay the hospital.
• A pre-existing condition exclusion provides that a stay in a hospital is not covered if the stay is due to a condition which was treated within a period of time prior to admission to the hospital. For example, a policy may provide that no payments will be made if hospitalization is for a condition which was treated within the 12 months which precede the date of admission to the hospital. Hospitalization for other reasons are covered.
• When payment starts. Some policies start payment on the first day of hospitalization.
• Whether additional family members are also covered.

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