need help in buying my first health insurance
19M, Delhi, no PED — which individual health insurance should I buy? Need help choosing plan + sum insured
Looking to buy my first individual health insurance. Here are my details:
- Age: 19, male
- Location: Delhi
- Health: No pre-existing conditions, no family history of major illness
- Employment: No employer cover, currently working decent salary
- Dependents: None right now, may add parents separately later , confused between getting a individual plan vs getting a family floater one (read alot about getting individual only for now , open to discussion)
- Budget: Flexible, optimizing for value not cheapest premium
- i was thinking of my budget to be good value as of now cz i've never been to hospital till now as of the daily routine and okayish lifestyle so please suggest keeping that in mind too
What I want in the plan (non-negotiable):
No room rent limit, no co-pay, zero disease-wise sub-limits, restoration benefit, cashless network strength, CSR 95%+, ICR between 50-90%, PED waiting period ≤3 years, pre/post hospitalization covered, daycare covered, in-house claims settlement preferred over TPA
My questions:
- Sum insured —How much to get in Delhi? i'll leave this city soon probably shift to newer metro city only , Is super top-up a smarter play than going straight to any base?
- Which plan —
- Individual vs family floater — went with individual since parents would inflate premium and share the pool. Is this the right call long term?
- Buying channel — Ditto vs Beshak vs direct insurer — any difference in claim support experience?
Not looking for generic advice, want actual experience from people who've claimed or compared these recently. Thanks.