ING Health Insurance

Avoid ING Health Insurance – Horrible insurance! My ING/NIB Health Insurance was not recognised anywhere! I went to the dentist, hospital and a specialist and none of the providers were able to recognise ING and I was required to pay the full fee up front. ING/NIB pay the lowest amount for units of anaesthesia, so if you are heading in for a procedure expect to receive a… Read more

substantial bill. I discussed health insurance providers with the anaesthetist and was advised the fee I paid would have been halved, had I been insured with almost anyone else. ING will ask you to enquire with your specialists regarding MediGap to get a fee reduction. I was advised that the specialists that may have once participated have left the program as it meant they had to reduce their fees too substantially as ING/NIB had such poor coverage. ING have made leaving very difficult, tying up my membership for weeks! I called no less than 10 times and was on hold for extremely long periods of time, only to have ING espouse lies. Run for the hills! Change providers before you actually need your health insurance.