Health Insurance News UK
April 1 2010
PruHealth have a unique selling point – they offer gym membership as an incentive for people to buy their health insurance. This is appears to be a great bonus for their customers. However since its introduction in 2007 member benefits have been on the decrease and now this appealing incentive has been cut down again. [...]
February 6 2010
Childsure is a children’s health insurance company that is offering cover that is specifically tailored to children’s needs. They are currently donating £20 to the SOS Children’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal for every child insured with them. Their pricing structure is simple 1 child £13.502 children £12.503 – 5 children £6.50 each The hospitals that Childsure [...]
February 4 2010
As a nation our alcohol consumption is increasing and as a result so are alcohol related health conditions. Unfortunately medical insurance does not cover alcohol abuse and one of the questions you are asked when you take out a policy is how many units you consume in a week. According to the National Office of [...]
February 2 2010
There is a lot of consumer information available now that details all the health changes that we need to make in order to be healthier. Many bodies are trying to help us in a variety of ways: to lose weight, take more exercise, stop smoking and improve our diets. Health insurance companies, who of course [...]
January 30 2010
The cost of health insurance varies greatly from provider to provider. A lot depends on what the policy is offering. Generally the more a policy offers the more expensive it is. However finding the best private medical insurance for you is about finding a balance between what you can afford and what you would like [...]
January 25 2010
The effects of the UK borrowing policy are likely to be felt in the NHS. Cuts in public spending have been planned in order to repay the country’s debt. There is debate about how the private medical insurance market will be able to help in the event of a crisis. According to a new report [...]
January 23 2010
If you are an employee you may be considering health insurance. If you are considering it or already have a policy for your employees look into the level of cancer insurance they cover. Cancer is very prevalent in the UK and 90,000 people of working age are diagnosed with it every year. Many companies offer [...]
January 18 2010
Transparency in health care can only be a good thing. The Hellenic Project aims to show us statistics from hospitals and consultants from all over the UK. Unfortunately the private sector are not obliged to publish their information. Companies and individuals take out health insurance but a lack of statistics could be something that deters [...]
January 16 2010
Bupa are a health insurance provider with an excellent reputation. However seven years ago a routine kidney stone removal operation that went drastically wrong leaves two Bupa consultants with a tarnished reputation. The incident where Carmel Bloom, a 54 year old Bupa employee died following a routine kidney stone operation is currently being investigated by [...]
January 14 2010
As covered by Health Insurance News, medical insurance for cancer is varied. New evidence about a secondary complication of breast cancer and how easy it is to treat it highlights the gap that exists in the cancer health insurance market. A report published in the British Medical Journal says that researchers in Madrid have found [...]