{"id":4010,"date":"2026-05-13T12:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/2026\/05\/13\/do-you-know-what-waiting-periods-are-in-health-insurance-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:10:26","slug":"do-you-know-what-waiting-periods-are-in-health-insurance-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/2026\/05\/13\/do-you-know-what-waiting-periods-are-in-health-insurance-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know what waiting periods are in health insurance plans?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4010\" class=\"elementor elementor-4010 elementor-3998\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4485d92c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4485d92c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-784adb48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"784adb48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most common waiting periods in Portugal vary depending on the insurer and the services, as do the terms and coverage, but typical values \u200b\u200bare:<br>Consultations and simple exams: approximately 30\u201390 days<br>Hospitalization or surgeries: approximately 90 days (or more)<br>Childbirth \/ pregnancy: approximately 365 to 540 days<br>Some specific treatments (e.g., varicose veins or hernias): up to 1 year or more.<br>Why do these periods exist?<br>Insurers use this mechanism to prevent someone from taking out insurance only when they already know they need expensive treatment, ensuring balance in the system.<br><br>If you would like an analysis of your insurance policy and to explore new options, talk to Trust Seguros.<\/p><p>+351 914 464 444 (WhatsApp)<br>(Call to national mobile network)<\/p><p>info@trust-investments.pt<\/p><p>Insurance Brokers registered with ASF number 425587011<\/p><p>#HealthInsurance #Individuals #Companies, TrustInsurance #InsuranceBrokers<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c40c76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c40c76\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common waiting periods in Portugal vary depending on the insurer and the services, as do the terms and coverage, but typical values \u200b\u200bare:Consultations and simple exams: approximately 30\u201390 daysHospitalization or surgeries: approximately 90 days (or more)Childbirth \/ pregnancy: approximately 365 to 540 daysSome specific treatments (e.g., varicose veins or hernias): up to 1 year or more.Why do these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[791],"tags":[1220,271,1267,1268,1266],"class_list":["post-4010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance","tag-corporate-insurance","tag-health-insurance-en","tag-insurance-quote-at-no-cost","tag-private-insurance","tag-waiting-periods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4011,"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010\/revisions\/4011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-investments.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}