Benefits of Health Insurance for Students

In today's time, from a very tender age, a student's life is filled with aspirations and these aspirations often lead to pressure and stress. With this increasing pressure of excelling in a career, students often deteriorate their health which in turn causes many health issues.

With all the academic struggle, the thought of having Health Insurance may never cross a student's mind. But being a parent, it is your foremost duty to secure your child's health. Continue reading this article to find out more.

Why Do Students Need Health Insurance?

It is undoubtedly true that everybody needs a Individual Health Insurance Policy that could cover the hospitalization expenses when a medical emergency knocks at the door. However, people often have this misconception that young people don't require Health Insurance.

Purchasing appropriate Health Insurance for everyone is the need of the hour, and when it comes to protecting one's health, the young and old need equal attention.

Moreover, a student may get affected by common infections and diseases, chronic physical and mental illnesses, harmful effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases. Further to this, with all the fun and adventurous approach of today's youth, there might be possibilities of bodily injuries and unforeseen accidents.

Having Health Insurance cannot prevent all such cases, but will at least lessen the financial burden of the treatment, and can prove to be of great help.

Let us understand the importance of having a Student's Health Insurance with an example.

The family of Mr Sharma was in great dismay after a phone call that they got from the USA. Their son, Rohit who moved to the USA to pursue Masters in Accounting, had met with an accident.

After waiting the entire night, they received a call at 6 A.M., when their son told him about the expenses that he needed to pay before getting discharged.

Since Rohit did not have a Health Insurance Policy, all these expenses needed to be paid by the family or Rohit himself. This situation could have been avoided if Rohit was more careful about buying a Health Insurance Policy before travelling to the USA.

Benefits of Health Insurance for Students

Is Student Health Insurance Necessary?

Yes, Health insurance is mandatory when you are emigrating to other countries for studies. Unfortunately, a number of students are unaware of this fact and realise it once they reach there. However, the universities allow the students to opt for Student Medical Insurance offered by their chosen universities. Usually, the policies they buy from the university are quite expensive than the policies available in India.

To spread more awareness, most of the Insurance Companies in India are selling such policies via banks, so that when a student applies for an education loan, he/she can be made aware of these policies.

Wrap it up

Health Insurance costs are continuously rising in India as well as abroad. Before going out for overseas studies, ensure that you have a Student's Health Cover. It covers you from unannounced medical expenses and saves your family from getting an additional burden. With an effective Student's Health Insurance policy, one can ensure to get a hurdle-free path to achieve their dreams.*

*Source- The Economic Times