{"id":50554,"date":"2021-10-29T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-my-161844363.ap-southeast-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/articles\/?p=50554"},"modified":"2021-11-29T10:18:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T02:18:02","slug":"prudential-serious-illness-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/prudential-serious-illness-coverage","title":{"rendered":"Can Your Finances Withstand A Serious Illness?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you ever thought about what would happen if something unfortunate happened to you? For example, you got into an accident that affects your motor skills or contracted a serious illness that needs rehabilitation treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You might be thinking that you have nothing to worry about, because you have a medical plan. But what if you need a long time to recover and recuperate from your injury or your illness?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Contracting a serious illness or getting into a serious accident is already a very harrowing experience to go through, but even recovering or recuperating from the repercussions caused by these incidents can be very hard, both emotionally and financially.<\/span><\/p>\n Most of us are aware about how <\/span>expensive<\/span><\/a> medical treatments for serious illness can be, which is why a basic medical plan is necessary to protect our finances against the high cost of treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n But did you know that just a medical card may not be enough to cover all the costs you need for your treatments?<\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s because there are lots of hidden costs you will face when recovering or recuperating from a serious illness. This is where critical illness insurance can come to your rescue to provide the financial support not covered by a medical plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s take having cancer for an example. A recent <\/span>study<\/span><\/a> which followed breast cancer patients over a two-year period revealed a long list of unmet financial needs, even for patients with access to government healthcare facilities and employment medical insurance.<\/span><\/p>\n Besides direct expenses to treat the illness including surgery and medicines, other types of costs faced by the patients include:<\/span><\/p>\n Many other serious illnesses may also need a long period of rehabilitation even after hospitalisation, involving medication, physiotherapy or require professional care programmes. For example, stroke patients often need <\/span>professional caregiving <\/span>until they regain their mobility. This can cost around RM25 per hour to over RM5000 per month.<\/span><\/p>\n A critical illness plan can provide a lump sum payment to help cover these additional costs.<\/span><\/p>\n Now that you know the true financial toll of a serious illness, you might be asking, what do you need to cover yourself from such situations?<\/span><\/p>\n The answer is simple, you need insurance coverage that can provide a lump sum payment to you to protect your finances from facing financial ruin if something happens to you.<\/span><\/p>\n However, while all critical illness plans do provide a lump sum payout for a predefined list of conditions (usually 36 types of illnesses), many fall short when it comes to looking after your overall health.<\/span><\/p>\n For instance, besides the limitation to 36 illnesses, many plans in the market today do not cover the early stages of an illness, provide post-surgery support, or address mental health conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The is where <\/span>PRU<\/strong>All Care by Prudential<\/span><\/a> goes beyond regular critical illness coverage. What makes this plan stand out from all the other critical illness plans in the market today?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/span>Serious illnesses can wreak havoc on your finances<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>But not all critical illness plans are created equal\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n