Care Health Insurance rejected heart attack patient's mediclaim over ‘pre-existing diabetes, hypertension’: Court says these are ‘lifestyle diseases’; orders insurer to pay Rs 2.1 lakh

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Care Health Insurance has been ordered to pay Rs 2.1 lakh after a Delhi consumer commission ruled that rejecting a heart attack patient's mediclaim on grounds of pre-existing diabetes and hypertension was unfair. The commission held, backed by multiple higher court rulings, that diabetes and hypertension are lifestyle diseases and not chronic conditions that justify claim rejection.