QUOTE(Namelessone1973 @ Feb 22 2021, 02:53 PM)
Insurance is like buying lottery except that you do not want to kena this lottery. You are buying protection just in case something bad happens. It might not even be for you but for you family. There’s no right or wrong about buying insurance. Just be sure of why you buy and clear about what you want to be covered.
A lot of people have the same mentality like you where they think the odds of getting life threatening disease is low when they are young. Even if you do check up every month or have a healthy lifestyle, there is no guarantee you won’t get disease later when you’re older.
A lot of people regret not getting insurance later in their life when they need it the most. When they need to chalk up huge medical bills, they will then say why did I not buy insurance earlier? When you need to dive into your retirement savings for medical bills, then you’ll know the pain. Insurance might not cover all but it helps alleviate the monetary pain.
A lot of people complain about claiming from Prudential is difficult but it is actually something good to the industry. One of the reason why medical inflation is happening is caused by easy insurance claims. Private medical centres will simply charge everything if they know you have insurance. Try comparing a bill without insurance and with insurance charged by private hospitals. You will see a clear markup when there is insurance. In the long run, this is the reason why private medical services is getting more costly.
Then don't go private then. If really is so bad u need a lungs transplant or a quarter of kidney, or u need some synaptic nerves connection. Any major shit that u needed a huge sum amount to fix yet u won't be original after you have heal is something even with money cant solve.
If I have such issues after frequent check up, then no regrets. I will just ask for pain killers and let me pass in peace. What's the point living fighting an illness that it cripple me to a point even after recovery my life is still affected, not to mention my family side.
People will go buy insurance with a high premium, smoking and drinking every possible chance they get, never look after their weight. And junk up their stomach everytime they have chance to enjoy good food.
To me they are like have bad body odor instead of having a shower frequently, they go buy excessive amount of perfume to mask out the smell.
To me this is something just crazy...
That said if u have known to have weaker body, susceptible to normal Illness very frequently, chances are they might have more severe condition as they age. In such case get insurance by all means.
Else taking carew what u eat and sleep well goes a long way.