What does 'annual aggregate' deductible mean?

Every claim in the policy year counts towards the same deductible rather than each claim facing it separately. Three admissions of ₹40,000 against a ₹1 lakh deductible cross it together; under a per-claim deductible none of them would.

How do I choose the deductible?

Set it at or just below the cover you already hold, so the two meet without a gap. A deductible far below your existing cover means you are paying twice for the same rupees.

Care Health Insurance Enhance Review 2026: Features, Waiting Periods & Claims

Name: Enhance by Care Health Insurance Limited
Brand: Care Health Insurance Limited

Care Health Insurance Limited Enhance

Care's original super top-up, and the one with no upper entry age at all - it can be bought at any age, which almost no other top-up allows. It pays above an annual aggregate deductible, so it is bought to sit on top of an existing policy rather than replace one.

Read from the insurer's own policy wording and reviewed by Harsh Soni

01The detail

Enhance in one table

Claim settlement ratio

96%FY 2024–25

95% recommended

Complaints per 10,000

42.9policies

Under 10 recommended

Insurer	Care Health Insurance Limited
Sum insured	₹1 lakh to ₹30 lakh above the deductible.
Entry age	No upper age bar - the plan can be bought at any age.

Claim settlement and complaint figures are IRDAI-published and held centrally by NYVO, not taken from the insurer's marketing.

02Cover

What Enhance covers

These are the terms that decide what you are actually paid when you claim. Room rent, co-pay and restoration do more to shape a settlement than the sum insured does, and they are read from Care Health Insurance Limited's own policy wording.

Feature	This plan	What good looks like
Entry age	No upper age bar. The plan can be bought at any age.	Almost unique in the category
How the deductible works	Annual aggregate. Every claim in the policy year counts towards the same deductible, so several smaller admissions can cross it together rather than each facing it separately.	Aggregate is better than per-claim
Deductible options	₹50,000, ₹1 lakh or ₹2 lakh	Match it to the cover you already hold
Cover above the deductible	₹1 lakh to ₹30 lakh above the deductible	₹50 lakh or more for a metro family

What this plan does

03Waiting periods

When each part of the cover starts

Waiting periods run from the day cover began, not from the day you fall ill, and they run in parallel rather than one after another.

Pre-existing disease	36 months of continuous cover
Specified diseases and procedures	24 months of continuous cover

04Exclusions

What this plan will not pay for

Every policy carries exclusions, and they are the clauses people read for the first time at claim stage. These are the ones worth knowing before you buy.

Not coveredIndicative, not exhaustive. Your policy wording is the contract.

01Any claim below the deductible. That is the design of the product, but a year of small claims pays nothing.

02Pre-existing diseases and their direct complications, until 36 months of continuous cover.

03The listed specified diseases and procedures, until 24 months of continuous cover.

04Where the sum insured is increased, the waiting periods start again on the increase only.

05The honest bit

Where Enhance falls short

No plan is right for everyone, and a page that only lists strengths is not much use to you. These are the gaps we would raise on a call before recommending it.

Worth knowing before you buyNone of these are dealbreakers on their own. They are the trade-offs this plan asks you to accept.

01It is not a standalone policy. A super top-up pays only above the deductible, so if your base cover lapses or a claim falls below the deductible, nothing is paid. Buying one without an underlying policy is the most common mistake with this product.

02Care draws 42.9 complaints per 10,000, the second-highest of any health insurer we track. The claim record is fine at 96%; the process is where the friction is.

03The deductible resets every policy year, so an illness spanning two policy years crosses it twice.

04A top-up only makes sense if its deductible is close to the cover you already hold. Too low and you are paying twice for the same rupees; too high and there is a gap neither policy fills.

06FAQs

Enhance questions, answered

In practice, yes. It only pays above the deductible you choose, so every claim below that figure is yours. It is designed to sit on top of a retail policy or an employer's cover.

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