Should you get Private Medical Insurance?

Is it time to consider Private Medical Insurance?

Private Medical Insurance (PMI) is a health insurance policy that will pay your medical bills if you decide to be treated privately. It’s designed to cover new, acute, short-term health conditions and injuries. PMI cover can help provide peace of mind at a stressful time, removing unnecessary worry and leaving you to focus on your recovery.

According to data released by the House of Commons in February 2020, waiting lists for treatments in NHS hospitals had risen to record levels. At this time, the average NHS wait for elective treatment was typically around 18 weeks. Since this data was published, the waiting time continues to increase due to the coronavirus pandemic, making PMI a very attractive benefit to have.

AF Healthcare can help tailor a policy to meet your individual or group needs by choosing benefits that suit your circumstances and budget.

1. Choose to include full outpatient cover or, if you’d prefer, have a limit in place to keep the costs down.
2. Decide which hospitals you’d like to be treated in from Aviva’s comprehensive hospital list. This comprises over 800 facilities nationwide, including those based in central London.
3. Add key additional benefits such as mental health cover and therapies, as well as dental and optical cover.
4. Choose your own policy excess, payable once per policy year, ranging from £0-£1000. As you’d expect, the higher your excess is, the lower your premium will be.
5. We offer flexible underwriting for new joiners, and transfer of cover from another insurer (subject to meeting the necessary requirements).

To find out more or to get started, call the AF Healthcare team on 01603 216385 or email them at healthcare@theafgroup.co.uk.

AF Group is an appointed representative of Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers Ltd who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.