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Trauma insurance (also known as Critical Illness insurance) provides a lump sum upon the diagnosis of a serious medical condition. Whilst many of us may have private health insurance, the full cost of seeking specialist treatment for a serious illness is usually not covered by most health funds, with various treatments and rehabilitation programs often not covered at all. Even if you have no private health insurance and are just relying on Medicare, having trauma insurance in place can give you choices of doctor and treatment you otherwise may not have.
The number of conditions covered varies widely from policy to policy, with cheaper policies often offering far fewer benefits. The most common claims under these policies are for cancer, heart attack, coronary bypass and stroke, although other conditions can also be covered.
List of common Trauma conditions that can be covered | ||
Alzheimer’s Disease | Aplastic Anaemia | Blindness |
Burns – Server/Major | Cancer | Cardiomyopathy |
Coma | Coronary Artery Angio | Coronary Bypass Surgery |
Deafness | Dementia | Diplegia |
Encephalitis | Heart Attack | Heart Valve Surgery |
Hemiplegia | HIV – Occupational Acquired | Kidney Failure – Chronic |
Liver Disease – Chronic | Loss of Independence Existence | Loss of Limbs or Eye |
Loss of Speech | Lung Disease – Chronic | Major Head Trauma |
Major Organ Transplant | Motor Neurone Disease | Multiple Sclerosis |
Paraplegia | Parkinsons’s Disease | Pulmonary Hypertension |
Quadriplegia | Stroke | Terminal Illness |
Life Cover – Death Benefit | Total & Permanent Disability | Aortic Surgery |
Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest | Benign Brain Tumor | HIV – Accidental Infection |
The benefit is paid when diagnosis is confirmed – not when you die of the condition. It provides you and your family with a lump sum to use when needed the most for medical care, or to pay the mortgage and other debts to relieve financial pressure.
If you have a family, debts and are at pre-retirement age, this cover may be the most important policy you have in place. A critical illness can be just as damaging to a family’s finances as a death, and more so if medical bills start to mount up as a result of a long lasting illness.
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