Review your health insurance needs
Why might you need private health insurance?
Private health insurance can help to ensure you have adequate protection in case you or your family get ill or injured and you need treatment that is not covered by the government or through your employer.
What should you know?
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Social healthcare programs may not cover 100% of your medical costs.
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It’s therefore important that you have adequate private medical coverage in place to cover services not paid for by the government (or your employer’s healthcare plan if applicable).
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Not having sufficient medical coverage in place could cause you to have to dip into your emergency savings, or borrow money, to pay for your medical bills.
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