This is part of a series of posts where I discuss the various aspects of health insurance. You are currently reading the main article that provides you with a complete overview of the contents included.   How It All Began When I first started working, one of the first few things that my sister got me to do was to get myself some health insurance.  So within my first few paychecks, I sat down with a [...]

In a recent post, I shared that my mum had been diagnosed with cataract in both eyes and would require surgery on both of them in order to rectify the problem.  It was estimated then that the surgery would cost about $4000 per eye, and so both eyes together would cost around $8000.  Thankfully I already got her insured with a comprehensive hospitalization coverage by Great Eastern more than a year ago.  It only took [...]

Buying insurance policies to cover yourself is important, especially if you are the bread winner of the family. After you have bought all the necessary coverage within your means. the next thing you should consider is to get protection for your dependents. The purpose of having insurance is to protect your assets against the unknown, and since you are the person paying for your dependents’ medical bills, you should also consider insuring them. For my [...]