GLOSSARY...
Medical / Health insurance
Medical insurance is also known as Health insurance. They are exactly the same and are referred by different people with different terms. Medical insurance provides financial cover against any private medical treatment cost.
Moratorium
A moratorium is where your insurer doesn't cover any conditions which have existed in the five years prior to you joining. Conditions may become eligible if two clear years have passed during which you have been free of medication for, treatment for, and advice about that particular condition and any other disease, illness or injury related to it.
MRI scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is a technique that uses magnets and radio waves to produce two and three dimensional pictures of the inside of the body.
Out-patient
An individual treated in a hospital or clinic but does not have to stay overnight.
PET scan (Positron Emission Tomography)
A diagnostic technique that uses an injected radioactive substance to examine the metabolic activity of various body structures and a computer to construct the image.
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