If you have recently finished college you could find that you are not covered any more by your parent’s medical insurance policy and will have to look for cover until you start a job and get cover under your employer’s health insurance scheme. Likewise, if you have recently started work, you might find that you are required to work for a few weeks or months before becoming eligible to join his healthcare plan. These are of course just two of the many reasons for a need for interim medical insurance cover.

But what is temporary medical insurance coverage?

Well, as its name implies, it is medical insurance which provides health cover for a short period of time in order to give you the opportunity to maintain cover while moving from one permanent health insurance plan to another. Coverage is normally issued for anything from one month to one year, although many insurers today restrict cover to a maximum period of six months. In the majority of cases health insurers also understand that it can be difficult to know exactly how long you will require temporary cover for and so are usually reasonably flexible in allowing you to extend cover beyond the original expiry date if needed.