Diabetes Insurance Plan

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases affecting the population and the number just keeps rising. Especially in India, the instances of diabetes-related deaths have risen by 50% between 2005 and 2015. It is officially ranked at #7 in most common causes of death in the country!

When a disease takes hold of a large population, hospital bills rise. That is unless people have diabetes-specific insurance covering the expenses. Without such an insurance plan, covering the bills becomes a burden borne by the patient. On one hand, when there is the physical suffering, this becomes an added financial suffering.

What exactly is diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic illness, which affects the pancreas’ ability, which are significant glands in our body, to produce insulin, therefore affecting the entire functioning of the body.

This condition can cause several further complications like:

• Heart Disease
• Stroke
• Kidney Failure
• Vision Loss
• Nerve Damage

India is home to the second-highest number of diabetes patients at 69.1 million patients, as of 2016. This puts us second in the world, behind China, which has 109 million. By 2040, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) predicts that India will have 123 million diabetes cases between the ages of 20-79.

This is why a diabetes-specific insurance plan is the need of the hour for all the patients. Having one creates a safety net for you so that your hospitalization needs are completely taken care of!