Posts Tagged ‘health insurance’

Cheaper Health Insurance Plans

Friday, October 1st, 2010

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Certainly health insurance is important and there are many people who have a hard time affording decent health insurance plans. Price of these plans keep rising over the years. So are there any low cost plans? Do they even exist? The following article talks about why low cost insurance is actually for wealthy people.

Is it possible that some health insurance plans can be bad for you? For certain kinds of insurance plan, especially the ones with high deductibles, that could actually be true. When insurance companies survey households with high deductible health insurance plans, they find out what you would expect – the fact that you are expected to spend out of your own pocket is enough to discourage lots of families from visiting the doctor for anything other than the most terrible health problem. (more…)

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Useful Online Medical Advice

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

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As someone who spent a great many years without health insurance, I would often seek medical advice online and found that it was very useful. Like many people, I was very skeptical about getting such advice online at first, because I did not know whether to trust that it was an actual doctor that was giving me the advice.

I learned, however, that there are many places to find legitimate medical advice online, where doctors take the time to answer your questions regarding health and wellness. All you have to do is look for them.

One web site that I like to visit for medical advice is medhelp.org, where you can ask questions about medical conditions or health related issues and get advice from a real doctor. It has been very useful to me, because I would always have to tell them that I did not have a regular doctor and ask what was the best way to treat something without a prescription drug. (more…)

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COBRA Health Insurance Alternatives

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

There’s no question that COBRA health insurance is a good idea for a lot of people. Under this type of coverage, you can continue paying group rates if you lose your job due to certain “qualifying events”. In other words, you’ll still be entitled to full medical benefits if you’re laid off, fired, or voluntarily resign — provided that gross misconduct doesn’t figure into the equation. In this way, many folks are able to keep their entire family insured no matter what’s going on with their careers. (more…)

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