{"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":"

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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

<\/span>Serious illnesses can wreak havoc on your finances<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\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