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Care Freedom vs Star Comprehensive

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Freedom

Health Coverage for Diabetes, Hypertension, and High BMI with Short 2-Year PED Waiting Period

What Makes It Special:

Care Freedom provides health insurance coverage without pre-policy medical check-ups for individuals managing Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, or high BMI.

Best For:

  • Buyers wanting consumable daily allowance

  • Families looking for annual health check-ups.

  • Individuals seeking health insurance without undergoing pre-policy medical screening.

  • Customer is looking for a short two year PED waiting period

  • Buyers managing diabetes, hypertension, or elevated BMI.

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Star

Comprehensive

Family health insurance with maternity, OPD, dental and eye cover, 100% restoration and up to 100% cumulative bonus.

What Makes It Special:

An all-in-one family health plan that combines hospitalisation cover with maternity and new-born cover, OPD consultations, dental and eye care, hospital cash, bariatric surgery and accidental death/disability cover in a single policy.

Best For:

  • People under 61 who want to avoid co-payment

  • Buyers looking for a fast-growing bonus (100% after one claim-free year for SI ₹7.5L+)

  • People who want OPD, dental and eye expenses included

  • Families wanting individual or floater cover up to ₹1 crore

  • Young couples planning a family (maternity and new-born cover)

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Care Freedom

  • Co-payment provisions applied based on age

  • In-built, one time, automatic sum insured recharge

  • Includes annual health checkups for all covered adult member.

  • Requires no pre-policy medical checkup across all ages and sum insured choices.

  • Features are reduced 24 months waiting period for pre-existing diseases.

Star Comprehensive

  • Things to Consider: Premiums vary by city zone.

  • Things to Consider: Modern treatments and bariatric surgery have sublimits.

  • Things to Consider: Maternity needs both spouses covered for 24 months, and delivery limits are modest at lower SI.

  • Things to Consider: 10% co-payment for people who join at age 61 or above.

  • Things to Consider: 36-month PED waiting period, unless you buy the optional PED buy-back (reduces it to 12 months).

  • Reasons to Consider: 60 days of pre- and 90 days of post-hospitalisation cover, plus air ambulance and home care.

  • Reasons to Consider: Cumulative bonus up to 100% of SI, plus 100% restoration once a year (usable for the same illness).

  • Reasons to Consider: OPD consultations and dental/eye treatment covered outside the Sum Insured.

  • Reasons to Consider: Delivery (up to 2) and new-born cover after 24 months.

  • Reasons to Consider: Private single AC room with no fixed room rent cap.

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Detailed Features Comparison

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Freedom
Freedom

Health Insurance Plan

Policy Wording

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Comprehensive
Comprehensive

Health Insurance Plan

Brochure

Room Rent

Freedom

For ₹3 lakh and ₹5 lakh sum insured options, room rent is restricted to twin-sharing accommodation, subject to the applicable limit. For ₹7 lakh and ₹10 lakh options, single private room is covered.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

ICU Charges

Freedom

ICU charges are covered up to 2% of the sum insured per day for ₹3 lakh sum insured, while there is no limit for ₹5 lakh, ₹7 lakh and ₹10 lakh sum insured options.

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Comprehensive

Covered up to Sum Insured; no separate ICU cap.

Advanced Treatments

Freedom

Information Unavailable

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Comprehensive

Coverage includes robotic surgeries, stem cell therapy, organ transplants, modern cancer treatments, bariatric surgery, and advanced cardiac procedures as per policy terms.

Co-payment

Freedom

20% co-payment is applicable per claim. An additional 10% co-payment applies from the policy year following the insured person attaining 71 years of age, subject to the policy terms.

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Comprehensive

This policy is subject to co-payment of 10% of each and every claim amount for fresh as well as renewal policies for insured persons whose age at the time of entry is 61 years and above

Disease-wise sublimits

Freedom

Yes. Sublimits apply to specified treatments including cataract, total knee replacement, hernia, hysterectomy, BPH, renal stones, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, cancer, other renal complications and bone fractures.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Waiting Period

Freedom

Information Unavailable

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Comprehensive

  1. Initial Waiting Period: A 30-day waiting period applies from the policy's inception, during which claims are not admissible, except for those arising from accidents. 
     
  2. Pre-existing Disease Waiting Period: For the Silver plan, pre-existing diseases are covered after 48 months of continuous coverage. For Gold and Platinum plans, this period is reduced to 24 months.
     
  3. Specific Disease/Procedure Waiting Period: For individuals above 45 years of age, certain listed illnesses and procedures are covered after a 24-month waiting period from the policy's inception.
Cashless Healthcare Providers

Freedom

11,600+ cashless network hospitals are available across India.

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Comprehensive

Access to over 14,000+  cashless healthcare providers for seamless treatment.

Restoration Benefit

Freedom

Yes, the base sum insured is automatically recharged by 100% upon exhaustion, subject to the policy terms. The recharged sum insured can be used for future claims.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Cumulative Bonus

Freedom

No cumulative bonus is available.

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Comprehensive

SI ₹5L: 50% of Basic SI per claim-free year, max 100%. SI ₹7.5L and above: 100% of Basic SI after one claim-free year, max 100%.

Daycare Treatment

Freedom

Covers all eligible Day Care Procedures up to the sum insured.

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Comprehensive

covered by the policy.

Consumable Cover

Freedom

Consumable allowance is available at ₹750 per day for ₹3 lakh and ₹5 lakh sum insured options, subject to a maximum of 7 days per hospitalisation after 3 days.

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Comprehensive

Not mentioned (no separate consumables cover in the policy documents).

AYUSH Treatment

Freedom

Covers AYUSH treatment expenses up to the sum insured during the policy period.

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Comprehensive

AYUSH treatments are covered up to the sum insured.

Initial Waiting Period

Freedom

30 days for all illnesses, except accidental injuries.

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Comprehensive

30 days (accidents excepted)

Specific Waiting Period

Freedom

2 years for specified named ailments.

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Comprehensive

24 months for listed diseases/procedures; 36 months for Bariatric Surgery; 24 months for Delivery and New Born cover

PED Waiting Period

Freedom

2 years for pre-existing diseases.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Modern Treatment

Freedom

Coverage for treatment using specified advanced technology methods is not available under the plan.

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Comprehensive

  1. Covered up to treatment-wise sublimits that vary by Sum Insured, e.g. robotic surgery ₹2.5L (SI ₹5L) to ₹7.5L (SI ₹1 Cr); immunotherapy ₹2.5L to ₹10L; bronchial thermoplasty, prostate vaporisation and IONM up to Sum Insured. Part of Sum Insured.
Annual Health Checkup

Freedom

Annual health checkup is available for all adult members insured under the policy.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Pre-Hospitalisation

Freedom

Pre-hospitalisation expenses are covered subject to the applicable limit of 7.5% or 10% of payable hospitalisation expenses, depending on the plan option.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Post-Hospitalisation

Freedom



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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Freedom

OPD expense is not included in the base plan.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Deductible Option

Freedom

Not available as a standard deductible option.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Coverage Options

Freedom

Available coverage options: ₹3L, ₹5L, ₹7L and ₹10L.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Claim Settlement Ratio

Freedom

96.3% for the period April 2025 to December 2025.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

Maternity Cover

Freedom

Not available.

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Comprehensive

Information Unavailable

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  • One policy covers the entire family

  • High sum insured with cashless care

  • Multiple coverage options based on your family needs

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  • Covers delivery, newborn care, and maternity expenses

  • Reduces financial stress of childbirth costs

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