Steve Wright argues that clients with ‘new’ health issues may still be better off with a different policy

Good Returns has an article where Steve Wright argues that simply staying with an existing health insurer when a client has ‘new’ health issues, isn’t always the best advice. He gives the example of a client with a current policy that doesn’t provide particular benefits (such as treatments not funded by Pharmac), which is effectively an exclusion on their policy. While the new health issues may not be covered, the client may still be better off switching to a reasonable alternative policy that includes other benefits the clients existing policy may effectively exclude them from.

We’d love to hear if you’ve got some examples like this you’d like to share.

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