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• Add the number of doctor visits that the entire family has in the entire year. If the average physician visit is $80 and you multiply that to the number of visits for the family, maybe you will find that having that benefit on your health insurance policy may not be that cost effective. There are some plans that include wellness benefits but there are some that do not, so you have a choice.
• Always make sure that the hospital and doctor that you prefer are in the health provider’s network of coverage. If it’s not, and you still prefer to visit that doctor or hospital, your costs will be so much higher.
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With the economy on a tailspin, there are many people looking for ways on how to cut costs. One area that customers are already looking at is finding affordable health insurance coverage. Here are some secrets to help you have an affordable health insurance:
• Find insurance quotes online – most websites will only require one inquiry and it will already pull up multiple companies. If you lay these quotes out on a spreadsheet, you can already compare the benefits “apples to apples.”
• Custom build your insurance plan – one suit will not fit everything. For example, you can have lower costs and higher deductibles by adding a critical illness rider in the plan so that in the event of a cancer, stroke, or heart attack you will still be protected at a much less premium cost.
by: Christine Zafra
Development in the healthcare industry have helped us prolong and improve the quality of lives. Though there has been any advances, there are still about 47 million Americans, including 3.8 Million Floridians who don’t have the insurance they need and therefore don’t have the chance to use many of the medical advances available. In fact, it is the No. 1 obstruction in accessing health care and many people die because of this. Most of the reasons are actually due to financial. The government is fast to respond to their by giving away national health care, but the questions that arise are: are they fast enough and what will they do with the 47 million who are uninsured?
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A health policy is more of a wide plan that helps cover all hospitalization charges in case of sickness or disease. The insured individual can claim a policy up to the value of the sum being insured. The health plan comes in variety from which you need to pick up and choose the scheme the suits your needs.
by: Christine Zafra
When it comes to services offered, insurance companies should be transparent about their coverage (transparency and accountability work hand in hand). The new House Bill 1385 allowed all the insurance companies from all states to put up their company profiles, services offered, coverage and the like in one single website. Obviously, since the website is on the internet, people from all parts of the United States can access it therefore, compare insurance prices and coverage. This website can actually promote healthy competition amongst insurance companies.
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by: Christine Zafra
Are the government officials inefficient or is the system incurable? That was the question we’ve tackled sometime in our class. As a political science major, we’ve been dealing with government issues almost everyday of our lives.
But we realized something: these things are intertwined and are dependent on each other.
Rep. Dan Morrish of Louisiana made freezing of insurance mandates possible. However, this legislation was simply ignored by the Legislature that approved it. Louisiana now has a total of 24 mandates in line, each creating an additional expenditure to healthcare policies in Louisiana.
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by: Djai Tanji
A short term health insurance plan provides coverage for accidents or unexpected and sudden illness. It offers coverage for 30 to 180 days, but there are plans that will also cover you initially until 12 months. If your short term needs run longer than the coverage you can normally renew the plan but never expect for an extension after a year. A short term health insurance plan has benefit limits and it is required to cover an initial deductible and to make necessary co-payments. You will certainly be allowed to choose from the selection of doctors, hospitals or some other health-care providers. To submit and apply for short term insurance, you can send it via email and you may pay via check or credit card.
by: Christine Zafra
The national healthcare system of Kenya has been in the dumps four years ago. It has failed and has not given fellow Kenyans the health care that they needed. There was actually a go signal from the government to resume the program this coming July but due to the post election violence, problems surfaced. The government has been brainstorming about the possibility of giving Kenyans the lowest possible rate for health care. They also hope to bridge social, cultural and other aspects of Kenyan living through this project (bring health care to everyone).
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