Snoring a Disease, warrants reimbursement: Consumer Court

However, when the patient filed a claim for the reimbursement for the device cost and doctor's fee, the insurance company first objected on technical grounds stating that snoring is not a disease and money spent on the machine could not be reimbursed. The patient then knocked on the gates of the consumer court demanding reimbursement.

It is reported that even before the court, the insurance company maintained the stand that  snoring is not a disease and its treatment is not covered under the policy. The patient's lawyer on the other hand pointed out that snoring is definitely not a disease, but it is a symptom of various health issues like blood pressure, insufficient sleep, breathlessness etc., and their treatment is covered under the policy.  It also provided refernce of a consumer court order by a Chaatisgarh Consumer court in a similar case that had ordered the insurance company to bear the cost of the device.

The court after hearing the arguments ruled that the insurance company could not prove on record that snoring can't be considered a disease, hence directing it to pay the requisite reiumbursement