Health Insurance: Missing the importance

I’m very healthy. Why should I pay monthly premiums when I probably won’t ever go to the doctor?

The trouble with health insurance is that we hardly realise the value of it as opposed to the more obvious implications of a life or an accident insurance.

Interesting and scary statistics obtained by surveys indicate that

• Lack of health insurance causes thousands of unnecessary deaths every year.
• Adults without health insurance have a 25% greater chance of dying from a disease or condition than those with health insurance.
• Nearly 50% of all bankruptcies were the result of medical debts or medical conditions.

What is the best health plan for me?
Choosing between health plans is not as easy as it once was. Although there is no one “best” plan, there are some plans that will be better than others for you and your family’s health needs. The advent of focussed players like Star Health and Allied Insurance and Micro Insurance Academy’s has opened up a vista of choices previously unavailable to the Indian user.

Watch this space for more…

A New start to the New Year

We opened our offices on 1st January 2008 in Mumbai at Crystal Plaza, Andheri (W).

It seems like yesterday when we incorporated VNurture Healthcare and launched Healthizen.com

While we still have a long, long way to go – indeed, we feel we are just scratching the surface in terms of what is possible – I wanted to thank all of you for your help in getting our efforts off the ground. With your help, we will continue to improve and expand our services – and help catalyze a revolution in health!