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Pandemics and medical insurance
Two news items that appeared recently in the media make us reflect on the medical insurance coverage in the current case of Influenza A:
1. The World Health Organization has risen to 6 (maximum scale) the level of alert for the flu, but said that it is “a moderate pandemic” globally.
2. Chinese insurers will support the medical expenses of the swine flu
Considering that insurance exclusions from the policy are excluded from health ‘epidemics and officially declared disaster’, and certainly when we hired our swine flu insurance did not exist … the reflection is clear: Does our an unforeseen health policy to the current alert level of the flu?
A few days ago, various Chinese health insurers have given notice that it will cover the medical expenses for its clients in connection with the swine flu. In these times when fears are rising around the world about pandemics and Read the rest of this entry »