Three quarters of UK residents believe PMI is too expensive - ActiveQuote

Adam Saville
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'Old-age misconceptions' pitch PMI at twice its real cost in eyes of public

British people put the average estimated price of a private medical insurance (PMI) policy for a family of four at £78.10 - almost double the amount of the real cost of £40 a month - a survey by activequote.com has found. The recent survey of 2000 UK adults also found that almost three quarters (73%) of people living in Britain today claim that the reason they do not have it is because they think a PMI policy would be too expensive. One-in-three people (37%) said they have no idea whatsoever what PMI costs. Extremely worrying "To think that so many people still clearly believe t...

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