You could cover yourself against the four main illnesses (heart attack, cancer, stroke, coronary bypass) or for the 25 critical illnesses.
Here is a list of 25 commonly covered critical illnesses (be sure to check with your insurer, as this list is for illustrative purposes):
- Stroke
- Aplastic anemia
- Severe burns
- Life-threatening cancer
- Blindness
- Aortic surgery
- Coma
- Heart attack
- Failure of a vital organ (waiting list for transplant)
- Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease
- Vital organ transplant
- HIV infection contracted at work
- Kidney failure
- Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes
- Motor neuron diseases
- Purulent meningitis
- Paralysis
- Loss of autonomy
- Loss of speech
- Loss of limbs
- Coronary artery bypass
- Heart valve replacement or repair
- Multiple sclerosis
- Deafness
- Benign brain tumor
5 juvenile diseases:
- Type 1 diabetes
- Muscular dystrophy
- Cystic fibrosis
- Congenital heart disease
- Cerebral palsy