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5 advantages of family health insurance

In today’s society, there is increasing emphasis on taking care of your health and that of your family.

If prevention is generally accepted to be better than cure, family health insurance policies (which are available from specialists, such as Drewberry Health Insurance) may have a role to play.

Here are a few key points that you may find helpful in trying to understand what such policies might typically offer:

  1. Peace of mind. One of the very worst aspects of ill health is uncertainty. Many people may have a natural tendency to assume the worst even when it is not justified and part of dealing with that is being able to access fast consultative and diagnostic services. Unfortunately, if your condition is not seen as being serious or critical, it is in this area that you may encounter delays and waiting lists through the National Health Service. So, your peace of mind may be restored more quickly if you are able to pay for private access to such services and avoid delays;
  2. Fast return to normality. Sometimes a health problem may not be particularly serious but it might certainly be something that inconveniences you and means that you find it difficult to concentrate on your normal life including work. Being able to get your condition treated as soon as possible will enable you to get back to those things in life that are really important – i.e. living it;
  3. Provision for your family. Any responsible parent or care provider will typically be keen to ensure that some of the above benefits are available not only to them but also to their family. Family health cover policies exist that provide such cover and once again, knowing that your loved ones are potentially protected in such a fashion may also increase your own peace of mind;
  4. Convenience. Gaining fast access to medical services is one thing but fitting into other people’s schedules and their geographical conveniences, may prove to be extremely disruptive to your own diary. Typically, if you have private medical cover, you will find it much easier to obtain appointments at hospitals or clinics that are convenient for you both geographically and in terms of dates and times;
  5. Flexibility. Policies typically do not operate on a one-size-fits-all basis. You may be able to tailor the benefits provided to suit your particular family circumstances and your budget. For example, you may be able to include or exclude cover for outpatient treatments. That might be something you would appreciate depending upon your views as to what type of cover is important for your situation.

There is little doubt that illness can be distressing and getting it attended to as fast as possible is important for almost everyone who finds themself in such a situation.

Private family health cover might just enable you to do so.

Do you have family health insurance? Is it something that you would consider if you can afford it? Do let us know below.

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Helen

Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and regular guest on Spanners BBC Cambridgeshire radio show. Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. KiddyCharts works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She's happy to chat on anything parenting. She is also a part-time digital marketing analyst with Channel Mum. She can often be found hanging about on social media, and trying to avoid stepping on the Lego her kids keep leaving lying around.

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