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contestchris
post Mar 12 2025, 08:40 PM

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QUOTE(trumpkampung @ Mar 12 2025, 08:15 PM)
Anyone familiar with this offer? Worth to consider?

My current plan is old over 20 years

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Where do you get this from? I don't see this offer anywhere.
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post Mar 12 2025, 09:41 PM

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QUOTE(quikstep @ Mar 12 2025, 09:34 PM)
the fact that they are offering you an "upgrade" means that the term they previously set for you is very good to you and bad business for them.

there is really no free lunch especially with insurance company.

check each and every term they "upgrade" and the premium increment.
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If you are coming from an older medical plan (SMX and before), it's a no brainer to upgrade.

If you have SMM/SMS, not sure if this upgrade will even be offered. It is inferior in some ways (higher deductible). But in general it is slightly more comprehensive, and the premiums are like to like.
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post Mar 12 2025, 09:42 PM

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QUOTE(Matchy @ Mar 12 2025, 09:39 PM)
how much top up?
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If you are coming from an older plan, this might, if anything, be cheaper.
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post Mar 14 2025, 02:03 PM

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QUOTE(cms @ Mar 13 2025, 10:51 AM)
Depending on the upgrade increase in premiums, generally should take. Aside to better features and limit.

The upgrade is offered to healthy, selected group of customers holding of old medical plans. If majority takes up the upgrade, can u imagine who will be left in the old medical plans? And whats the impact to the old medical products ?

Slight downside is got 500 deductible lo. But could be a good thing. So ppl dont anyhow go claim for small small thing
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You are slightly wrong here.

The new plan offered as an upgrade to existing policyholders without medical underwriting is Smart Health Protector Exclusive.

The new plan that customers can either purchase or upgrade to with full medical underwriting is Smart Health Protector.

If you are still healthy and don't have any adverse health issues, I will strongly urge to upgrade to the non-exclusive version of the plan.

Reason being? The exclusive and non-exclusive versions of the plan will be monitored in separate cohorts. The repricing will be done separately in the future. Think logically - which pool will have older and sicker customers, and consequently higher claims ratios? Of course the exclusive version.

Now, if you already develop adverse health conditions, don't bother with overthinking and just get the upgrade.

In either case, be it if you get the exclusive upgrade with no medical underwriting or the non-exclusive version with full medical underwriting, you're better off than staying in any of the pre-2020 medical plans where the claims ratios are terrible and the cohort is old and sick.



 

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