Informative articles on individual medical insurance to empower your healthcare coverage decisions.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (HR 1) includes subsidies for health insurance for people who recently lost their jobs. Those eligible will only have to pay 35 percent of the cost of health insurance under COBRA. The subsidy will last for 9 months. People who have [...]
For individuals looking for a low cost health plan which protects you from major medical events such as hospitalization, Blue Shield of California's Vital Shield 2900 may be the plan for you. Vital Shield 2900, Blue Shield's lowest-priced PPO with monthly rates starting as low as $42, offers not [...]
Health insurance companies price their plans such that there is a balance between the amount you pay to the insurance company and the amount you pay when you need medical care. Selecting a health insurance plan is complicated by the huge number of options available: PPO, HMO, high deductible, [...]
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A recent trend in the individual market place has been the introduction of "Low Cost - Zero Deductible - Single Only PPO" medical insurance plans. These plans are PPO plans (meaning you choose your doctor when you need care -not when you enroll as in an HMO plan. The [...]
Health Net of California has announced that effective July 1, 2006 they will be changing the premiums, plan names and making other changes to their individual medical insurance plans. After these changes Health Net will offer 33 individual health insurance plans - a mind boggling number. Compounding the confusion [...]
Health insurance is difficult to understand. There are many options offered by many different insurance companies. One simple way to compare different health insurance plans is to focus on the Best Case and Worst Case situations you may face when you pay for medical care. Best Case: you never [...]
Young women seeking to purchase health insurance that includes coverage for baby delivery (i.e., maternity coverage) should consider the Blue Shield Spectrum 2000 PPO plan. This plan has a large deductible ($2,000) but also a low monthly premium (likely under $100 per month for people age 29 and younger.) [...]
If you are about to graduate from college and need to purchase your own health insurance you have many options. Young, healthy men and women often seek a low monthly payment to the insurance company (premium) and safe guards against major financial loss from a serious illness. Here are [...]
If you have a family and want health insurance coverage here is some helpful advice: Examine the cost of medical insurance coverage for each member of the family separately - as well as combined as a family. For example, young children can often enroll in their own individual health [...]