How It Works
Hospital Indemnity Insurance can complement your health insurance to help you pay for the costs associated with a hospital stay. It can also provide funds for the out-of-pocket expenses your medical plan may not cover, such as co-insurance, co-pays and deductibles.
How does it work?
This insurance provides cash benefits that correspond with first day hospital confinement, daily hospital confinement and hospital intensive care.
You may receive a benefit for the following:
Advantages of the plan
Add hospital indemnity insurance to help offset hospitalization expenses that may not be covered under your employer’s existing medical plan.
To enroll, contact the Henkel Benefit Admin System or call the number below:
The average price of a hospital stay is $97001
Not counting ambulance, intensive care treatment and dozens of other expenses medical insurance may not cover. With Hospital Indemnity Insurance, you collect a lump sum each day you’re in the hospital – for any reason.
That money can help offset the hospital bill, take care of day-to-day expenses, or pay for anything you need.
1Kashihara, D. and Carper, K. National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2009. MEPS Statistical Brief #355. January 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st355/stat355.pdf. (Accessed August 22, 2012).
Hospital Indemnity Insurance is provided by policy form GVSP2, or state variations thereof. This information has exclusions and limitations and is incomplete without brochure POD3432 and the accompanying insert.
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Answers about the plan, including eligibility, options, enrollment, customer service and more.
What is Hospital Indemnity Insurance?
Hospital Indemnity Insurance pays a daily benefit if you have a covered stay in a hospital, critical care unit or rehabilitation facility. The benefit amount is determined based on the type of facility and the number of days you stay. Hospital Indemnity Insurance is a limited benefit policy. It is not health insurance and does not satisfy the requirement of minimum essential coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Features of Hospital Indemnity Insurance include:
How can Hospital Indemnity Insurance help?
Below are a few examples of how your Hospital Indemnity Insurance benefit could be used (coverage amounts may vary):
Who is eligible for Hospital Indemnity Insurance?
*The use of “spouse” in this document means a person insured as a spouse as described in the certificate of insurance or rider. This may include domestic partners or civil union partners as defined by the group policy. Please contact your employer for more information.