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Major Medical, or Catastrophe, Insurance are policies which are designed to protect the policyholder only in the event of a serious, or major, medical condition arising. This type of insurance plan will typically have extremely high deductibles (excesses) and co-pays, meaning that it is impractical to use this type of policy for minor medical treatment (out-patient check ups, medications, specialist visits).

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