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What Exactly Is Private Medical Insurance (PMI)?: Private Medical Insurance (or Private Health Insurance as it is sometimes known) insures you against the costs of private medical treatment for curable short-term or ‘acute' medical conditions.
How Do I Buy Private Medical Insurance?: You can buy private medical insurance from a variety of sources, there are now at least thirty four Insurance companies and many more brokers who specialise in Private Medical Insurance.
What Is Covered By Private Medical Insurance?: Private Medical Insurance is designed to cover only treatment for curable, short term illness or injury. Some illnesses and treatments can never be expected to be included in any policy.
Where Would I Get Treatment?: There are a number of private hospitals in the UK – in your area there will probably be at least two hospitals at a convenient distance, depending on whether you live near a town or city.
What Is a ‘moratorium' Cover?: Moratorium cover means to take a private medical insurance policy without providing any medical history.

Is Private Medical Insurance Regulated?

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