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Care Health Insurance Today vs ICICI Lombard Health Insurance Elevate

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What Makes It Special:

Care Joy Today is a comprehensive maternity and health insurance plan designed to support women through pregnancy and beyond. It covers delivery and related hospitalisation costs, pre- and post-natal care, and newborn expenses up to 90 days. With features like day-care treatments, ambulance cover, and cashless hospitalisation across 8,000+ hospitals,...

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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What Makes It Special:

ICICI Lombard’s Elevate health insurance policy is designed to provide comprehensive protection and flexibility. It covers hospitalisation, day-care treatments, pre- and post-hospitalisation expenses (90 to 180 days), AYUSH treatments, ambulance services (road and air), and even worldwide cashless hospitalisation. The policy offers unlimited reset of sum insured, 100% annual increase...

Best For:

  • Comprehensive All-Round Protection

  • Global Health Insurance Coverage

  • Advanced Critical Illness Cover

  • Tech-Enabled Seamless Support

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Quick Decision Guide

Today

Today

  • 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.

Elevate

Elevate

  • You want global and all-round health coverage

  • You need CIBIL discount on good credit score

  • You need coverage on conditions like Asthma, BP, Cholesterol, Diabetes from Day 1

  • You need a good customer app which has a simplified claims experience

  • You need unlimited sum insured restoration benefits and high cumulative bonus

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Detailed Features Comparison

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Today
Today

Health Insurance Plan

Brochure

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Elevate
Elevate

Health Insurance Plan

Room Rent

Today

Single Private AC room covered

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Elevate

Single private AC room is included as part of base cover. However, you can opt for Room Modifier Add-on to upgrade or downgrade the room category

(Option to modify room category)

ICU Charges

Today

No restriction on ICU room rent

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Elevate

No restriction on ICU room rent

Disease-wise sublimits

Today

Not Specifically mentioned

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Elevate

No

Co-payment

Today

20% for above 61 years unless waived by extra premium

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Elevate

Available as an option


Restoration Benefit

Today

Not Available

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Elevate

Yes, your sum insured restores to 100% each time you make a claim in a policy year, for both related and unrelated illnesses

(per claim in a policy year for related/unrelated illnesses)

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Today

8000+ Healthcare Providers

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Elevate

10300+ Healthcare Providers

Cumulative Bonus

Today

Not Available in the base plan but you can add a rider to avail

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Elevate

Your sum insured increases by 20% every year maximum upto 100%. However, you can pay an additional premium to increase sum insured up to 100%, every year.

(Option to boost coverage by 1x annually)

Daycare Treatment

Today

Covers medical expenses for treatments not requiring 24-hour hospitalization, up to your annual sum insured

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Elevate

Covers medical expenses for treatments not requiring 24-hour hospitalization, up to annual sum insured

Consumable Cover

Today

Included within hospitalisation expenses.

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Elevate

No. However, available as an add-on

AYUSH Treatment

Today

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

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Elevate

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


Initial Waiting Period

Today

30 days

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Elevate

30 days

Specific Waiting Period

Today

2 years

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Elevate

2 years

PED Waiting Period

Today

3 years

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Elevate

3 years

Modern Treatment

Today

Covered

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Elevate

Hospital expenses for listed advanced treatments are covered up to your full sum insured during the policy period

Annual Health Checkup

Today

Not Stated

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Elevate

Health checkup is not included as part of base cover. However, available as an add-on

Pre-Hospitalisation

Today

You get cover for medical tests and doctor visits up to 30 days before hospitalisation, if your main claim is approved

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Elevate

You get cover for medical tests and doctor visits up to 90 days before hospitalisation, if your main claim is approved

Post-Hospitalisation

Today

You get cover for medical bills up to 60 days after discharge, including physiotherapy if your doctor prescribes it

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Elevate

You get cover for medical bills up to 180 days after discharge, including physiotherapy if your doctor prescribes it.


Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Today

OPD expense is not included.

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Elevate

OPD expense is not included as part of base cover. However, available as an add-on

Deductible Option

Today

Not Available

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Elevate

Not available

Coverage Options

Today

8000+ Healthcare Providers

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Elevate

Available sum insured options: ₹5L, ₹7.5L, ₹10L, ₹15L, ₹20L, ₹25L, ₹50L, ₹1 Cr, ₹3 Cr and unlimited sum insured


Claim Settlement Ratio

Today

Available coverage options:

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Elevate

88.50%

Maternity Cover

Today

Available including pre-natal and post-natal expenses, up to ₹35,000 or ₹50,000 based on sum insured; maternity cover available up to age 45.

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Elevate

No. However, available as an add-on.


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Senior Citizen Health Plan

Senior Citizen Health Plan

  • Secure against age-related medical costs

  • Tailored for seniors healthcare needs

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Family Health Plan

Family Health Plan

  • One policy covers the entire family

  • High sum insured with cashless care

  • Multiple coverage options based on your family needs

Maternity Health Plan

Maternity Health Plan

  • Covers delivery, newborn care, and maternity expenses

  • Reduces financial stress of childbirth costs

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