Medical

When the Insured incurs a covered Injury or Illness, the program will pay Usual, Reasonable and Customary medical charges for Covered Expenses, excess of the chosen Deductible and Coinsurance, up to the selected Policy Maximum. Only such expenses, incurred as the result of a disablement, which are specifically enumerated in the following list of charges, are incurred within six months from the onset of an Injury or Illness, and which are not excluded in the Exclusions, shall be considered as Covered Expenses:

1. Charges made by a Hospital for room and board, floor nursing and other services inclusive of charges for professional service and (with the exception of personal services of a non-medical nature); charges made for an operating room.
2. Charges made for Intensive Care or Coronary Care charges and nursing services.
3. Charges made for diagnosis, treatment and Surgery by a Physician; charges made for the cost and administration of anesthetics.
4. Charges made for Outpatient treatment, same as any other treatment covered on an Inpatient basis. This includes ambulatory Surgical centers, Physicians’ Outpatient visits/examinations, clinic care, and Surgical opinion consultations.
5. Charges for medication, x-ray services, laboratory tests and services, the use of radium and radioactive isotopes, oxygen, blood transfusions, iron lungs, and medical treatment; dressings, drugs, and medicines that can only be obtained upon a written prescription of a Physician or Surgeon.
6. Charges for physiotherapy, if recommended by a Physician for the treatment of a specific Disablement and administered by a licensed physiotherapist.
7. Ground ambulance (within the metropolitan area) to and from the nearest Hospital with facilities for required treatment. If the Insured Person is in a rural area, then licensed ground ambulance transportation to the nearest metropolitan area shall be considered a Covered Expense.