ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has started a facility of cashless hospitalisation under a scheme known as Medical Advantage Feature....the details are given below....
https://www.icicipruamc.com/medical-advantage-feature
This is a service without any charges to the investor and cashless settlement is done by the Third Party Administrator selling units in the designated schemes and settling hospital bills.This facility is available for joint holder also. This may be a great help because the medical emergency can strike at even night or bank holidays when banks are closed and hospitals refuse to admit patient unless a hefty deposit is paid. The relatives then have to rush to ATMs for cash withdrawal at odd hours and ATMs being out of cash is very common these days...this Card will atleast help getting admitted in the hospital and the treatment could be started before the other sources of money is tapped in the morning.....they have tie up with over 5000 hospitals in the country.
To tackle the issue, we have formed a group of 5 relatives residing in 5 km radius and each has kept cash of Rs 30,000 in his house so that for any emergency, Rs 1,50,000 is available within few minutes but ICICI scheme also seems additional good solution.Our Rs 1,50,000 is available as emergency cash even to other relatives who are not part of the group .
This is not health insurance product but it is liquidating our investments in the funds and settling hospital bill with sales proceeds.
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