NSA launches service for consumers to compare health plan
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From the fourth (15), you can change the plan without losing grace.
Comparison can be made by criteria such as price and accommodation.
The National Health Agency (NSA) has launched on its website this Tuesday (14) a service that allows comparison between different health plans. In the fourth (15), enters into force the "portability" of health plans, or who has a plan can migrate to another without losing grace.
According to NSA, the guide provides information and cross compare more than 5 thousand health plans marketed by approximately 900 operators in the Brazilian market.
The consumer can make a general consultation of the plans available in the market or make a comparison of that plan has with others. In the first option, you can search by state, city, type of service (outpatient, hospital, dental etc), type of accommodation and price range.
For the latter option, you must report the registration number of the operator, the registration number of the health plan in NSA and city and state where the contract was signed.
According to the agency, the numbers of records can be obtained from the health plan's contract, the portfolio of the plan, the customer service operator in Boleto payment or the agency Web site by searching the corporate operator. Who have questions can call the Dial ANS: 0800-701-9656.
Portability
According to the agency, the change applies to contracts closed the day after January 1, 1999 or for previous plans that have been adapted to the law 9656/98, which established the regulation of the plans by the NSA.
About 7.5 million beneficiaries of individual and family plans will be affected by portability. Of the total, 6.4 million are users of health care plans with or without dental care and 1.1 million beneficiaries is the only dental plans.
To request the transfer, the consumer needs to be part of the old plan for at least two years and must be up with the payments. The period for making the change is restricted: it can only happen between the anniversary month of the contract and the next - that is, only two months each year. We must choose the plan has the same characteristics of the former.
The operator of health is required to accept the client to meet all requirements within a period of up to 20 days. If the company does not provide a response to the consumer during this period, he shall be deemed automatically accepted. But it is important to emphasize that the portability applies only to consumers who have health plans, individual and family. Today, most plans is collective.
Source: G1 News
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