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Health insurance premiums have nearly doubled this year, but Covid alone not to blame

If you are yet to renew your health insurance, get ready to shell out more from your pocket now. With multiple factors coming in play, the Covid-19 pandemic being one of them, health insurance premiums have jumped up to 100 per cent this year. There are multiple reasons for this rise — the Covid outbreak that has caused medical inflation, government-induced coverage expansion, and change in price slabs, industry experts claimed. Read more here

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