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YF LIFE · F00065-04-000-02

YF Life TaxVantage Prestige Medical Plan

YF Life TaxVantage Prestige Medical Plan is a Flexi Plan certified under the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme, certification number F00065-04-000-02. It entitles the insured to a semi-private room and covers treatment worldwide.

Premium by age, current schedule

AgeAnnual premium
30HK$4,833
45HK$7,536
60HK$15,545
75HK$30,585

Female non-smoker, the plan currency, before levy. Age is the only thing that changes down this table; it is the plan's own filed schedule, not a quotation.

What it pays

RoomSemi-private
Geographical coverworldwide
Annual limitHK$12,000,000
Lifetime limitHK$60,000,000
Room and boardPaid in full
Hospital chargesPaid in full
Doctor's visitsPaid in full
Specialist feesPaid in full
Intensive carePaid in full
Surgeon's feePaid in full
AnaesthetistPaid in full
Operating theatrePaid in full
Diagnostic imagingPaid in full
Non-surgical cancer treatmentPaid in full
Outpatient before and afterPaid in full
Psychiatric treatmentHK$40,000

Also includes outpatient general, dental, maternity, chinese medicine, home nursing, a companion bed, hospital cash, rehabilitation, hospice care, kidney dialysis, reconstructive surgery, a death benefit.

What the plan document states

Read from the certified Terms and Benefits. Each page link opens that page of the filed document. Fields the document does not state are left out.

Guaranteed renewal to age100 p.13
Pre-existing conditions unknown at application100% from year 1 p.24
Waiting period300 days for pregnancy complications; 60 days for waiver of deductible for designated critical illnesses p.2
Cancellation and refundFull refund within 21-day cooling-off period. After cooling-off, cancellation with 14 days notice is possible if no benefit paid in current policy year. Pro-rata refund for certain terminations. p.5
Switching from another planSwitching to another plan with upgrade/addition of benefits is subject to re-underwriting for the new benefits. Switching to a plan with downgrade/reduction of benefits is at company's discretion without re-underwriting. p.15
Room classStandard Semi-private Room in Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand or for emergency overseas; Standard Private Room in other Asia p.1
If a higher room is usedIf higher room class is used, benefits are reduced by a room level adjustment factor: 50% for Standard Private Room (from Semi-private), 25% for above Standard Private Room (from Semi-private), 25% for above Standard Private Room (from Private) p.1
Geographical coverAsia (Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, mainland China, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam) p.1
Psychiatric treatment areaHong Kong only p.1
Emergency treatment abroadWorldwide, full cover if stay in location for no more than 60 days in past 365 days. If stay is more than 60 days, benefits are limited to Standard Plan limits for basic benefits, and no cover for most enhanced benefits. p.1
Full cover on core benefitsyes p.2
Annual limit12000000 p.1
Lifetime limit60000000 p.1
Deductible options0, 100000 p.1
How the deductible appliesPer Policy Year, waived for designated critical illnesses p.1
Coinsurancenone p.25
Pre-admission outpatient1 visit prior to Confinement/Day Case Procedure p.1
Post-discharge outpatient3 visits within 90 days after discharge from Hospital or completion of Day Case Procedure p.2
General outpatientnone
Psychiatric treatment40000 p.2
Diagnostic imaging coinsurance0% p.1
Non-surgical cancer treatmentfull cover p.1
Kidney dialysisFull Cover p.2
Day case proceduresCovered as in-patient, plus $1,600 cash benefit per procedure, max 1 procedure per policy year p.2
Home nursingFull Cover, max 60 days per Policy Year p.2
Hospice care80000 per Policy Year p.2
Chinese medicineUp to $30,000 per Policy Year, with sub-limit of $600 per day for max 15 days per Policy Year p.2
PhysiotherapyUp to $30,000 per Policy Year, with sub-limit of $1,000 per day for max 30 days per Policy Year p.2
Congenital conditionsCovered from age 8 p.27
Pregnancy complicationsFull Cover p.2
Emergency dentalFull Cover p.2
Hospital cash$1,000 per day, max 60 days per Policy Year, for using a room class lower than covered level in a private hospital in Hong Kong p.2
Companion bedFull Cover p.2
No-claim discountYes, 5% for 3 consecutive claim-free years, 10% for 4 years, 15% for 5+ years p.1
Exclusions beyond the VHIS standard liststandard VHIS exclusions only p.26

Premium record since 2021

At a constant age of 45, YF Life has filed 4 schedule changes on this plan since 2021, an average of +6.8% a year, taking the premium from HK$5,557 to HK$7,536.

YearChange
2023+3.0%
2024+4.0%
2025+12.5%
2026+12.5%

A record of what has been filed, not a forecast of what you will pay.

What a claim on this plan would look like

Private hospitals publish what they billed for common operations. These pages take those bills and work out what a plan pays of them.

Colonoscopy with or without polypectomyHK$21,098 to HK$54,834 depending on the hospital
ColposcopyHK$23,320 to HK$43,971 depending on the hospital
Trigger finger releaseHK$25,622 to HK$58,423 depending on the hospital
Cystoscopy with or without biopsyHK$23,116 to HK$62,569 depending on the hospital
CircumcisionHK$25,841 to HK$55,602 depending on the hospital
Gastroscopy with or without polypectomyHK$18,484 to HK$72,307 depending on the hospital

Every procedure with published bills

The certified plan document as filed, on the Health Bureau's VHIS site.

Price this plan for your age

Premiums are annual, in the plan currency, before the Insurance Authority levy, taken from the Standard Premium Schedules filed with the Health Bureau. Rate records come from every schedule archived on data.gov.hk since March 2021 and are a track record, not a forecast. Information only, not regulated advice.

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