It's called catastrophic health insurance, and it's pretty straightforward: it pretty much only covers extremely
expensive health emergencies.
Not exact matches
Now saving for a rainy day has to compete with saving for retirement, for increasingly
expensive college educations for kids and for
health care, and there's not always enough left over to make it into an
emergency fund.
This drives the cost to the tax payer up much more than a universal
health care program that would treat everyone fairly by private physicians and use the more
expensive emergency rooms for
emergencies as they were intended.
Even with
health insurance, medical
emergencies can be incredibly
expensive.
Of course, there's never a good time for
health emergencies, illnesses or injuries to happen, and we understand that medical treatment can be
expensive.
Some pet owners opt to get pet insurance with monthly payments in case of an
emergency or as a way to handle
expensive prescriptions if the dog has special
health needs, so there's another monthly cost to consider.
Very long waits in
emergency serves as a bottleneck to discourage people from even going and accessing our incredibly
expensive health care system.
However,
health and dental
emergencies can prove quite
expensive and personal or family
health and / ordental insurance can be a big help in reducing the impact of unexpected costs.
Studies show that people with
health insurance seek preventative treatment for issues that arise, which is most often far less
expensive than reactionary care after a problem has necessitated
emergency room visits.
Health insurance is an essential safeguard against medical
emergencies — but it's
expensive.
While
health care costs in the U.S. are typically quite
expensive when compared to many European and Asian nations, there are other plan benefits that have the potential for significant expense when travelling abroad, such as the Air Ambulance and
Emergency Air Transportation benefits.
A serious medical issue or a major accident resulting in
emergency care and / or
expensive treatment calls for huge out - of - pocket expenses, which could lead to poor credit and sometimes even bankruptcy - in the absence of
health insurance coverage.
Providing greater access, early identification, effective and appropriate mental
health services to children and youth will help reduce the need for more
expensive services, such as
emergency rooms and juvenile detention, and better ensure success in school and life.
Our community - based locations reduce stigma & increase accessibility for Ontarians while diverting clients from more
expensive health care services — like
emergency departments & family physicians.