Hospitals are offering a variety of pre-paid health plans with prices starting at $12.50 per month for the most basic.
The plans offered by different hospitals cover services of hospitalization, consultation and lab tests for patients of all ages.
Mario Mendizábal, insurance analyst, explains that the difference between these plans and an insurance product is that with pre-paid health plans, “the customer is paying in advance for future medical services and generally the companies offering the plans are medical institutions”.