Category — Insurance
Insurance – Not All The Same
Many people say that Malaysians in general don’t like to read. I don’t think that is accurate. More likely, we read what we like to read, but generally most people don’t like to read their insurance policies. Here are some policies I extracted to show that not all medical plans i.e. hospitalization and surgery are created equal.
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June 4, 2008 Comments Off
Critical Illness Cover – Why You Need Sufficient
Over the past 4 to 5 years, most people in Malaysia especially in urban areas are well aware of having medical cover. The cost of even minor treatments in private hospitals are getting prohibitive for many where an appendix operation can cost RM 5,000 or more.
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June 4, 2008 Comments Off
Children Need Medical Insurance Too
Many parents are concern about their children’s health. After all, it is not cheap for them to be admitted to hospital. But many think that their children won’t be affected by more serious illness. According to TheSun, every year 1,200 children in Malaysia contract cancer! The most common being leukemia being 40% of the cancer cases.
Treatment cost around 50,000 but again many fail to take into consideration incidental cost like travelling to and from hospital, special food, and the likely hood of reduce family income as parents take time off to care for a sick child.
Stories like the one below is common in our newspapers. Therefore don’t neglect having sufficient medical cover for your children. That includes critical illness cover. The claim from a critical illness policy can help to replace a parent’s income when such an event happen.
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June 4, 2008 Comments Off
Young Cancer – 1200 Every Year!
This is an article I got from the Sun newspaper. Statistics from the National Cancer Registry reveal there are 1,200 cases of cancer in children every year. From 2003 to 2005, the five most common types of cancers among Malaysian children [Read more →]
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May 21, 2008 Comments Off