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Health insurance - few questions!

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Whathefisgoingon · 22/07/2022 11:08

Can someone please help me decipher the world of health insurance. I have some very specific questions and am hesitant to share with a broker/provider.

I have had several breast clinic referrals and a pelvic ultrasound in the last couple years due to what I thought was breast lumps, and to investigate abdominal discomfort. All tests came back normal. Presumably these do NOT then count as pre existing conditions? I spoke to a broker briefly who said its best to declare, but does this mean that as I’ve had previous pelvic ultrasounds, insurance wouldn’t cover any moving forward, even though nothing was wrong?

Same goes for mental health. I’ve a long standing history of anxiety and have had private therapy and self referred on the NHS for CBT. I have noticed some providers have add on’s for mental health, but does having a history make me ineligible ?

It’s an absolute minefield and it’s driving me nuts!

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SortingOffice · 22/07/2022 13:23

With any insurance it's best to declare and let them decide.
I suspect your history of referrals for breast will not have any effect as nothing was found. It is therefore not a pre-existing condition.
However anxiety has been diagnosed so is a pre-existing condition.

Mindymomo · 22/07/2022 20:54

Unfortunately any provider will not cover any future investigations into abdominal pain, I had the same and they did say they would cover it in the future, if I had no future issues for 2 years and then they wrote to my GP to confirm. Not sure about the breast pain. Re mental health I was asked if I had ever suffered from any mental health issues, so again, I doubt they would cover you. A broker cannot say what providers will or will not cover when it comes to existing conditions so you really need to speak directly to them.

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