Men more likely to buy health insurance - Health365

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Men are more likely to take out health insurance and consider it as important while people in Scotland are least likely to prioritise it, according to a new survey.

The findings from Health365 could challenge the perception that women are more concerned about looking after their health. It found that nearly a quarter of men have health cover compared with only 15% of women and that nearly half of all men have had health insurance at some point in their lives, whereas only a third of women have held a policy. The survey questioned people on their attitudes to health insurance, its perceived cost and what obstacles they faced in accessing cover and revealed how negative perceptions were putting people off taking out a policy. Perhaps most worryi...

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