The public health is not at its best. Successive cutbacks are taking their toll on the service offered to Spaniards, and every day it is in the news the lengthening of waiting lists and overcrowding in the emergency departments of our hospitals. For these reasons, the health insurance continues to grow in the number of policyholders. Let's take a look at the advantages that insurance offers.
As we already indicated in an article in May, in which we also talked about the health insurance waiting lists, are already more than 10 million people insured with private health insurance in Spain.
Drastic reduction of waiting lists
Unfortunately, it can take months to see a specialist in the public health system (and the trend is even pessimistic), plus as many months if we need a diagnostic test afterwards.
In our opinion:
There is no nothing worse than knowing you have a health problem and having to wait for it so long to know what is happening and why.
A few facts: the average waiting list for
- Gynaecology is 85 days
- For 75 of ophthalmology, among others.
Not to mention surgical interventions, which can take up to more than a year, as well as obtaining diagnostic test results.
Direct access to the specialist
Thanks to the health insurance, In this way, we can avoid going to the general practitioner first as an essential step to be able to see a specialist.
Health insurance provides you with direct access to the speciality you need. This is one of the issues most valued by policyholders, as it considerably shortens the diagnosis and treatment time.
Wide range of specialists
We do not have to go to the doctor assigned to us, as is the case with Social Security. Thanks to health insurance, we can choose from a wide range of doctors.
When deciding between insurance, it is important to bear this in mind.
Prices have been adjusted from what was paid years ago.
Rates have been adjusted in the face of high competition among insurers. Not only that, they have even been introduced. customised options, The aim is to enable you to meet the cost of insurance according to your financial means: introduction of co-payments, diagnosis-only guarantees and specialists.
These would be the main advantages, although we are leaving out, for example, the comfort of the facilities or the very good rating that private insurance users do (a 81% of users rate the services provided by the private health care system as above average, and a 87% I would recommend the use of it). And, in companies, the reduction of absenteeism.
If you want to enjoy these benefits, simply contact us and we will offer you the best prices in health insurance, thanks to our status as specialised insurance brokers.
