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General Category => Functional Surgery Questions => Topic started by: deanm286 on July 28, 2019, 05:25:10 AM

Title: Is Surgery covered by any medical insurance in UK?
Post by: deanm286 on July 28, 2019, 05:25:10 AM

Has anyone taken out medical insurance which covers jaw surgery in UK?

Title: Re: Is Surgery covered by any medical insurance in UK?
Post by: crimsonpeas22 on October 31, 2020, 05:10:40 PM

Bump

Title: Re: Is Surgery covered by any medical insurance in UK?
Post by: InvisalignOnly on October 31, 2020, 09:01:27 PM

I don't have personal experience with this but very much doubt that it would work - if you just sign up for an individual policy and then try to make a claim for jaw surgery, they would most likely classify it as a preexisting condition and don't pay out. I am part of a Facebook group for jaw surgery patients in the UK, and only came across two cases where insurance paid: in one case a young person's parents' insurance somehow covered it, and another case company health insurance. UK surgeons I spoke to told me that private patients typically pay out of pocket.