Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

Hi all,

My husband and I are looking to relocate to Singapore in the next six to twelve months. We both work for companies with offices in Singapore that allow internal moves and so with all the research etc. We're excited to firm up some plans.

Here comes the but..... My husband has Ulcerative Colitis that requires medical treatment every eight weeks. It's medication administered in the hospital and takes about one hour. We can't find any insurance company that would cover this. Is there anyone out there that had a condition that required regular treatment and how did you resolve this / how are you managing in Singapore?

Any information is really appreciated as we're thinking that this may actually stop the move.

Thank you all! :)

Re: Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

No doubt the treatment is available in Singapore.

No doubt the treatment will be very expensive.

Can the company claim under their insurance.

Otherwise I can't see an insurance company taking on an individual who will cost them money unless the premium is high enough to cover it.

Re: Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

Re: Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

Re: Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

Re: Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

It was a suggestion only. If there’s no agreement then there’s nothing that can be done and OP will need to cover cost.

Re: Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

Re: Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

Re: Medical insurance with pre existing condition - help!
 

Unfortunately private medical insurance won't cover this if cover was extended to your husband it would be done with an exclusion for this and possibly any conditions relating to the alimentary canal as a whole. NHS cover wouldn't extend to Singapore either. The best option would be through your company. If a company scheme is big enough then they can elect to have medical history ignored for applicants. This would mean that your husband was added to the company schme without the need to declare this condition. The basis for this is that when a company scheme is big enough any cases like this are offset by other schme mebers who rarely or never claim. I would recommend that you check with your HR department and find out if this is the case in Singapore. If not then you would need to fund the treatment yourselves.

Singapore has excelent medical facilities and your husband would receive fantastic treatment though it is expensive. If you were funding it yourselves I would consider popping over to Malaysia for the treatment where it would be almost as good and considerably cheaper. Malaysia has excellent facilities and doctors most of whom are trained in the UK or the US.

As a final note if either of you were French then you could continue to pay into the French state system and you'd receive coverage overseas, which can be extended to family members.

Hope this helps
Clive