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Care Joy vs HDFC ERGO myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

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Care

Joy

Maternity and newborn cover with a 9-month maternity waiting period

What Makes It Special:

Care Joy is a hospitalisation plan with built-in maternity and newborn cover. The Joy Today variant is the faster-access option, with a 9-month waiting period for maternity claims. The other variant, Joy Tomorrow, has a 24-month wait. Maternity benefits are capped at ₹35,000 on a ₹3 lakh sum insured and ₹50,000...

Best For:

  • Long-term peace of mind with 3-year policy term

  • Cashless treatment across 8,000+ hospitals

  • Comprehensive family protection during pregnancy

  • Maternity and Newborn health coverage

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HDFC ERGO

myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

A super top-up that pays eligible hospitalisation costs only after your aggregate deductible is met, with no sub-limit on room rent or ICU and cover for day care procedures.

What Makes It Special:

my:health Koti Suraksha delivers a ₹1 crore sum insured at a lower premium by accepting three restrictions in the base cover — a room category capped at a Single Standard AC Room, a ₹75,000 sub-limit on eight common procedures, and a mandatory 20% co-payment for lives with a pre-existing disease...

Best For:

  • Buyers prepared to pay for the waiver covers so a ₹1 crore cover works without room, procedure or co-payment restrictions

  • Buyers who already hold a base policy and can take the aggregate deductible to reduce premium further

  • Buyers in Tier 2 cities where a Single Standard AC Room is likely to fall within or close to the plan's room entitlement

  • Families wanting a wide relationship list on one individual sum insured policy, extending to siblings, in-laws, grandparents, nieces and nephews

  • Buyers who want a very high sum insured for catastrophic illness and are willing to accept caps on routine, lower-cost procedures

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Care Joy

  • You want cashless access to 8,000+ hospitals across India

  • You prefer short waiting period for maternity benefits (9 months)

  • You want maternity and newborn cover under one plan

  • You’re planning for pregnancy or expanding your family soon.

HDFC ERGO myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

  • The room entitlement is a Single Standard AC Room rather than a percentage of sum insured, so check what that category means at the hospitals you would use, since exceeding it can trigger deductions.

  • Opting for the aggregate deductible removes both the Cumulative Bonus and the Sum Insured Rebound, so weigh the premium saved against losing those two benefits.

  • If anyone insured is entering above age 60 or has a declared pre-existing disease, a 20% co-payment applies, so check whether the Waiver of Co-Payment costs less than the share you would otherwise bear.

  • The ₹75,000 sub-limit covers eight of the most commonly claimed procedures, including cataract, hernia and hysterectomy, so if these are a realistic prospect for anyone insured, the Waiver of Disease Capping is likely to matter more than the sum insured.

  • Price all three waiver covers — room rent, disease capping and co-payment — before comparing this plan against a conventional ₹1 crore policy, because the headline premium reflects the restrictions, not the unrestricted cover.

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Joy
Joy

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up
myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

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Brochure

Room Rent

Joy

Covers a Single Private Room with AC. A higher room category means room, boarding, nursing, OT and doctor/surgeon fees are reduced in proportion to the difference in room rent.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

  1. Normal: Single A/C private room
  2. ICU: no limit, expenses incurred will be covered by the insurance
ICU Charges

Joy

ICU charges (ICU bed, monitoring devices, critical care nursing and intensivist charges) are payable as part of in-patient hospitalisation up to the sum insured. There is no separate ICU sublimit.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Covered within medical expenses; no separate ICU limit stated

Advanced Treatments

Joy

Information Unavailable

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

  1. Robotic surgeries for precise, minimally invasive procedures.
  2. Bariatric surgery for obesity management (as per policy terms).
  3. Modern cancer treatments like immunotherapy and targeted therapy.
  4. Stem cell therapy (for approved conditions).
  5. Proton beam therapy for advanced cancer care.
  6. Advanced cardiac procedures including transplants and minimally invasive heart surgeries.
Co-payment

Joy

20% of each admissible claim applies if the insured's entry age (eldest member for a floater) is 60 years or above. No co-payment applies for entry ages below 60.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

The HDFC My: Health Medisure Super Top-Up Plan has a co-payment clause of 10% for individuals aged 61 years and above at the time of policy purchase.

Disease-wise sublimits

Joy

No disease-specific caps apply to general hospitalisation, which is payable up to the sum insured. Fixed limits apply to maternity (₹35,000/₹50,000), newborn baby (₹30,000/₹50,000) and ambulance (₹1,000 per claim).

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Yes — a ₹75,000 sub-limit applies to each of cataract; surgery for benign tumours, cysts, nodules or polyps; stone in the urinary system; hernia-related procedures; appendectomy; hysterectomy; fissures, piles and fistulas; and cellulitis or abscess. Optional Waiver of Disease Capping deletes these sub-limits

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Joy

Cashless treatment is available at 11,400+ Care network hospitals across India. Pre-authorisation is required, and the network list can change, so check the hospital list before admission.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

16,000+ Healthcare providers.

Restoration Benefit

Joy

Not available. Once the sum insured is used, it is not restored within the same policy year. The optional No Claim Bonanza is a bonus for claim-free years, not a restoration benefit.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Optional — Sum Insured Rebound adds an amount equal to the claim paid under the basic sum insured, up to a maximum of the basic sum insured, on subsequent hospitalisation in a policy year. A single claim cannot exceed the basic sum insured plus cumulative bonus earned; for chemotherapy and dialysis it applies only once in the policy lifetime; unused amounts do not carry forward; not available if aggregate deductible is opted

Cumulative Bonus

Joy

Optional "No Claim Bonanza", available for an additional premium. After three consecutive claim-free policy years, the sum insured increases by 100% of the expiring sum insured. The accrued bonus cannot exceed 100% of the sum insured in the renewed policy. If a claim is made, the accrued bonus is not carried to the next renewal, but the base sum insured is never reduced. The bonus is lost if the policy is not renewed within the grace period.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

10% of basic sum insured on each continuous renewal irrespective of claims, up to a maximum of 100%; not applicable if aggregate deductible is opted. Optional Cumulative Bonus Booster increases this to 50% per renewal, maximum 100%

Daycare Treatment

Joy

Covers a long list of procedures that need less than 24 hours of hospitalisation (for example cataract, dialysis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, lithotripsy, tonsillectomy and arthroscopy). Cover is up to the sum insured and subject to waiting periods.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Covered by the policy.

Consumable Cover

Joy

Not covered. Non-medical items (for example gloves, masks, diapers, kits, belts, surcharges and similar items in the policy's non-payable list) are excluded. Some items, such as admission and registration charges, are treated as part of room or procedure charges and are not paid separately.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Optional — Non-Medical Expenses Cover pays non-medical expenses up to 5% of the admissible claim amount under the hospitalisation section

AYUSH Treatment

Joy

Not offered as a standard benefit. Treatment under Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, and other non-allopathic treatment, is excluded.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

 Covered in the policy.

Initial Waiting Period

Joy

30 days

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

30 days, except claims arising from an accident

Specific Waiting Period

Joy

24 months of continuous coverage for listed conditions and procedures. These include arthritis and spinal disorders, joint replacement, benign ENT disorders, benign prostatic hypertrophy, cataract, piles/fissure/fistula, hernia and hydrocele, hysterectomy for fibroids, kidney or gall bladder stones, and varicose veins. Accident-related claims are exempt. Prior continuous coverage can reduce the waiting period. If a listed condition is also pre-existing, the longer waiting period applies.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

24 months for specified illnesses and surgical procedures

PED Waiting Period

Joy

36 months of continuous coverage from the first policy with Care. Pre-existing conditions must be declared at proposal. If the sum insured is increased, the waiting period applies afresh to the increased amount. Continuous prior coverage with another insurer can reduce the waiting period on porting.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

36 months; optional Waiting Period Modification reduces it to 24 months

Modern Treatment

Joy

Covers 12 listed advanced treatments within the sum insured: uterine artery embolization and HIFU, balloon sinuplasty, deep brain stimulation, oral chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody immunotherapy (injection), intravitreal injections, robotic surgeries, stereotactic radio surgeries, bronchial thermoplasty, laser prostate vaporisation (green laser or holmium laser), intra-operative neuro monitoring (IONM), and hematopoietic stem cell therapy for bone marrow transplant in blood disorders. Advanced methods outside this list are not covered.

VS

myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Not specified

Annual Health Checkup

Joy

Not available as a benefit. Depending on age and sum insured, Care may ask for pre-policy medical tests at its own cost. If the proposal is declined or the policy is cancelled in the free-look period, the test cost is deducted from the refund.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Preventive health check-up after completion of each policy year or at renewal at a network provider, covering a listed panel including chest X-ray, 2D echo or stress test, PSA for males, PAP smear for females, medical examination report, complete blood count, urine routine, fasting blood sugar, lipid profile and ECG. The benefit is not carried forward if not used within 60 days of the policy anniversary

Pre-Hospitalisation

Joy

30 days before admission. Expenses must relate to the same illness or injury and the hospitalisation claim must be admissible.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Information Unavailable

Post-Hospitalisation

Joy

60 days after discharge. Expenses must relate to the same illness or injury and the main hospitalisation claim must be admissible.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

180 days after discharge

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Joy

Not covered. Routine consultations, tests and pharmacy bills without hospital admission are not payable. Pre- and post-natal expenses are covered only within the maternity limit and as part of the delivery hospitalisation claim.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Not covered. Wellness services include discounts on OPD, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy and diagnostic centres, which are discounts rather than cover

Deductible Option

Joy

No deductible applies. This is a base indemnity plan, not a top-up.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Optional — Aggregate Deductible. The insured bears the opted amount across all admissible claims in a policy year before the insurer's liability begins. Opting for it removes the Cumulative Bonus and the Sum Insured Rebound

Coverage Options

Joy

Sum insured of ₹3 lakh or ₹5 lakh, on an Individual or Family Floater basis. Policy term is 3 years. Entry age is 18 to 65 years for adults, 1 day to 24 years for children, and 1 day to 90 days for newborns. Lifelong renewability. Maternity cover is available only for insured women aged 45 or below.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Individual sum insured or floater sum insured

Claim Settlement Ratio

Joy

96.74% for FY 2024-25 (insurer-level, based on IRDAI public disclosures). This reflects Care Health Insurance overall, not Care Joy specifically.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

97.43%

Maternity Cover

Joy

Covers delivery hospitalisation (normal and C-section) including pre-natal and post-natal expenses: up to ₹35,000 on a ₹3 lakh sum insured and up to ₹50,000 on a ₹5 lakh sum insured. Waiting period is 9 months of continuous coverage. Newborn baby cover applies if the maternity claim is admissible. Voluntary termination of pregnancy in the first 12 weeks and miscarriage (unless caused by an accident) are not covered. Ectopic pregnancy is covered under regular hospitalisation, not the maternity limit.

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myHealth Medisure Super Top-up

Not covered — maternity and medical treatment expenses traceable to childbirth are permanently excluded

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