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HDFC ERGO EquiCover vs ICICI Lombard Criti Shield Plus

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HDFC ERGO

EquiCover

Get inpatient hospitalisation for a certified disability or for people living with HIV/AIDS, excluding anti-retroviral treatment, plus AYUSH care up to the sum insured and a 20% co-pay on every claim.

What Makes It Special:

EquiCover is an indemnity health insurance product specifically filed for applicants who are routinely declined or heavily loaded on standard plans: persons certified with not less than 40% of a specified disability under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 or the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, and individuals with...

Best For:

  • Families covering a dependent child with a certified disability, since children can be enrolled on an individual policy of their own

  • Buyers who want a first layer of hospitalisation cover and are willing to pay extra to remove the standard 20% co-payment

  • Applicants with one of the 21 listed disabilities — including blindness, locomotor disability, thalassemia, haemophilia, sickle cell disease, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, mental illness and Parkinson's disease

  • Individuals living with HIV/AIDS seeking in-patient hospitalisation cover for medical conditions generally

  • Persons holding a disability certificate for not less than 40% of a specified disability from a government-appointed medical board, who cannot obtain standard health cover

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ICICI Lombard

Criti Shield Plus

Pay a lump sum for 92 major and minor critical illnesses in five groups, with the full sum insured for a major illness and 25% for a minor one, and make another claim from a different group.

What Makes It Special:

Criti Shield Plus focuses on providing essential health coverage at an affordable premium. It's designed for budget-conscious individuals who want reliable coverage.

Best For:

  • Not available

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HDFC ERGO EquiCover

  • If you are being covered for HIV/AIDS, note that antiretroviral treatment costs are excluded, so budget for that medication separately.

  • A disability certificate from a government-appointed medical board is a condition precedent to the disability cover, so obtain and keep it before applying.

  • The sum insured is limited to ₹4 lakh or ₹5 lakh, so treat this as a base layer and consider whether a separate top-up or group cover is available to you for larger claims.

  • Room rent is capped at 1% of sum insured per day and ICU at 2%, which on a ₹5 lakh cover is ₹5,000 and ₹10,000 a day, so check those limits against room rates at the hospitals you would use.

  • Price the optional co-payment waiver before buying, because without it you bear 20% of every admissible claim — ₹1 lakh on a ₹5 lakh claim at the maximum sum insured.

ICICI Lombard Criti Shield Plus

Not available

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Detailed Features Comparison

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EquiCover
EquiCover

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Policy Wording

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Criti Shield Plus
Criti Shield Plus

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Brochure

Policy Wording

Room Rent

EquiCover

Normal: Up to 1% of Sum Insured per day

ICU: Up to 2% of Sum Insured per day

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Criti Shield Plus

Normal: Not Applicable

ICU: Not Applicable

ICU Charges

EquiCover

Up to 2% of Sum Insured per day

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Advanced Treatments

EquiCover

Uterine Artery Embolization (UAE)

HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound)

Balloon Sinuplasty

Deep Brain Stimulation

Oral Chemotherapy

Immunotherapy (Monoclonal Antibody Injection)

Intra Vitreal Injections

Robotic Surgeries

Stereotactic Radio Surgeries

Bronchial Thermoplasty

Vaporisation of Prostate

IONM (Intra Operative Neuro Monitoring)

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy for Bone Marrow Transplant

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Criti Shield Plus

Bone Marrow Transplant

Major Organ Transplant

Open Chest CABG

Open Heart Valve Replacement/Repair

Surgery of Aorta

Angioplasty

Balloon Valvotomy / Valvuloplasty

Cardiac Defibrillator Insertion

Carotid Artery Surgery

Small Bowel Transplant

Co-payment

EquiCover

20% Co-payment on every admissible claim

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Criti Shield Plus

Not Applicable

Disease-wise sublimits

EquiCover

Yes — cataract treatment limited to ₹40,000 per eye per policy year; modern treatment capped at 50% of Sum Insured; emergency ground ambulance limited to ₹2,000 per hospitalisation

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Waiting Period

EquiCover

Initial Waiting Period: 30 Days

Pre-existing Disease Waiting Period:

  1. 24 Months for pre-existing disability
  2. 36 Months for other pre-existing conditions

Specific Disease/Procedure Waiting Period: 24 Months

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Criti Shield Plus

Initial Waiting Period: 90 Days

Pre-existing Disease Waiting Period: Pre-existing diseases are excluded

Cashless Healthcare Providers

EquiCover

Cashless treatment available through network providers

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Criti Shield Plus

Not Applicable

Restoration Benefit

EquiCover

Not specified — no restoration, recharge or reinstatement of sum insured is provided in the policy document

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Daycare Treatment

EquiCover

Covered

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Criti Shield Plus

Not Applicable

Cumulative Bonus

EquiCover

Not specified — no cumulative bonus or no-claim increase in sum insured is provided in the policy document

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Consumable Cover

EquiCover

Not specified

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

AYUSH Treatment

EquiCover

Covered up to 100% of Sum Insured

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Criti Shield Plus

Not Mentioned

Initial Waiting Period

EquiCover

30 days for all claims except those resulting from an accident; not applicable after twelve months of continuous coverage

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Specific Waiting Period

EquiCover

24 months for listed conditions and surgical procedures; not applicable to accident claims

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

PED Waiting Period

EquiCover

24 months for the covered pre-existing disability; 36 months for other pre-existing conditions, excluding the covered disability and HIV/AIDS

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Modern Treatment

EquiCover

Listed procedures covered up to 50% of Sum Insured, as in-patient or day care treatment

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Annual Health Checkup

EquiCover

Not specified. A pre-policy check-up may be required based on age and sum insured, with 100% of the expense reimbursed on acceptance of the proposal

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Post-Hospitalisation

EquiCover

60 days from the date of discharge; claimable on a reimbursement basis only

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

EquiCover

Not specified

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Deductible Option

EquiCover

Not specified

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

Claim Settlement Ratio

EquiCover

97.45%

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Criti Shield Plus

Information Unavailable

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