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Care Joy vs TATA AIG Medicare Select
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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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Medicare Select
Comprehensive Health Insurance with Flexible Coverage Options, Unlimited Restoration and Customisable Benefits
What Makes It Special:
TATA AIG MediCare Select is a customisable health insurance plan offering individual and family floater coverage. It combines core hospitalisation benefits with optional features that allow policyholders to adjust their cover to their needs and budget.
Best For:
Flexible sum insured options
Critical illness and daycare treatments
Pre- and post-hospitalization expenses covered
Comprehensive individual and family coverage
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Quick Decision Guide
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.
Covers daycare treatments without overnight stay.
Pre- and post-hospitalization expenses included.
Safeguards against critical illness and emergencies.
Comprehensive coverage for hospitalization and treatment.
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Detailed Features Comparison
Compare the key features of different health insurance plans
Joy Health Insurance Plan VS VS |
![]() Medicare Select Health Insurance Plan |
| Room Rent |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select Single private AC room is included as part of base cover. However, you can opt for add-on to downgrade the room category |
| ICU Charges |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select No restriction on ICU room rent |
| Co-payment |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select Not available |
| Disease-wise sublimits |
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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). |
VS VS |
Medicare Select No |
| Cashless Healthcare Providers |
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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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Medicare Select 12,000+ Healthcare Providers |
| Restoration Benefit |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select es, your sum insured restores to 100% unlimited times after your first claim, for both related and unrelated illnesses |
| Cumulative Bonus |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select Your sum insured increases by 50% for every claim-free year, upto 100%. If a claim is made during the policy year, the cumulative bonus is reduced by 50% in the next policy year |
| Daycare Treatment |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select Covers medical expenses for treatments not requiring 24-hour hospitalization, up to your annual sum insured |
| Consumable Cover |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select No. However, available as an add-on |
| AYUSH Treatment |
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Joy Not offered as a standard benefit. Treatment under Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, and other non-allopathic treatment, is excluded. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select Covers AYUSH treatment expenses up to your annual sum insured during the policy period |
| Initial Waiting Period |
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Joy 30 days |
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Medicare Select 30 days |
| Specific Waiting Period |
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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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Medicare Select 2 years |
| PED Waiting Period |
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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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Medicare Select 3 years |
| Modern Treatment |
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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 VS |
Medicare Select Hospital expenses for listed advanced treatments are covered up to your full sum insured during the policy period |
| Annual Health Checkup |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select Health checkup is not included as part of base cover. However, available as an add-on |
| Pre-Hospitalisation |
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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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Medicare Select You get cover for medical tests and doctor visits up to 90 days before hospitalisation, if your main claim is approved |
| Post-Hospitalisation |
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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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Medicare Select You get cover for medical bills up to 90 days after discharge, including physiotherapy if your doctor prescribes it |
| Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense) |
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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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Medicare Select OPD expense is not included as part of base cover. However, available as an add-on |
| Deductible Option |
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Joy No deductible applies. This is a base indemnity plan, not a top-up. |
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Medicare Select Available as an option |
| Coverage Options |
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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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Medicare Select Available coverage options: ₹10L, ₹15L, ₹20L, ₹25L, ₹50L, ₹75L, ₹1 Cr, ₹2 Cr, ₹3 Cr |
| Claim Settlement Ratio |
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Joy 96.74% for FY 2024-25 (insurer-level, based on IRDAI public disclosures). This reflects Care Health Insurance overall, not Care Joy specifically. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select 95.43% |
| Maternity Cover |
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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. |
VS VS |
Medicare Select Available |
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