Myths on Cancer Insurance in Singapore
As per the Protection
Gap Study 2017 conducted by Life
Insurance Association Singapore, the country faced a CI
protection gap and mortality protection gap of about S$256,826 and S$169,673 per
economically active adult, respectively. This comes to a national mortality and
CI protection gap of S$893 billion. These figures illustrates the lack of
coverage needed against financial repercussions in the events such as critical
illnesses or death.
While these figures
seem to be extremely staggering, the fact remains that Singaporeans are not
sufficiently covered for cancer – one out of the many critical illnesses. This
gap could come as a result of lack of awareness and understanding around cancer
insurance. Hence, here are some very common myths on cancer
insurance that are prevalent and we are here to debunk these myths.
Myth:
Coverage for cancer is always included in an international health insurance
plan:
This is not the case
always. In a number of standard and basic health insurance plans, coverage for
cancer is not included. These standard health insurance plans reimburse only
for the eligible treatments. However, you do not need to fret, since it is quite
easy to buy a good cancer insurance plan.
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