Most of us pay a pretty penny for health insurance. Even if you are partially covered through an employer-sponsored benefit plan or you receive some governmental assistance, you may still find yourself paying quite a bit for insurance premiums, deductibles, co-pays, and so on. The long and short of it is that you want your […]
Archives for April 2016
Health Insurance for J1 Scholars
Many students use their time in college to travel. With study abroad programs making it easy and affordable to visit other countries while continuing to work toward a degree, there are few better times in life to see the world, meet new people, explore different cultures, and gain a better understanding of how we are […]
Does Health Insurance Cover Gastric Bypass?
According to the CDC, over a third of adults in America suffer from obesity. That amounts to nearly 80 million people. We can blame it on largely sedentary lifestyles, the ready availability of food, or a reliance on fast food and processed items that contain massive portions of fats, sugars, and chemical additives; but the […]
SHOP Health Insurance for Small Business
The Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) has been in place since 2014 and, in essence, it’s designed to assist small businesses in streamlining the process of selecting health insurance plans for all employees eligible for coverage within their organization. For many small business owners, the new mandates set forth by the Patient Protection and […]
Can I Keep My Doctor With Obamacare?
When the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was signed into law, people had many questions about how this healthcare reform would affect their existing health coverage. Would people be able to keep their policies, and more importantly, their chosen doctors and healthcare providers? Although Obamacare was designed to bring affordable health insurance to the […]
Health Insurance for Overweight Applicants
Overweight and obese people can face a litany of health challenges. As a result, finding good and affordable healthcare coverage is often difficult because many insurance providers view them as high-risk clients. Many are denied certain types of coverage and the policies that are available are typically very expensive due to the variety of health […]
Does Health Insurance Cover Varicose Vein Treatment?
The human body includes a vast network of arteries and veins that carry blood from the heart throughout the body and return it back to the source, respectively. This essential function helps to sustain bodily tissues by ensuring that cells get the oxygen and nutrients needed to survive. Like every other part of the human […]
What Is Medicaid Health Insurance?
The ultimate contradiction of medical care and insurance is that those who are the least likely to have it are the most likely to need it. People with low income are more likely to be in high stress jobs – possibly more than one of them — living in more dangerous conditions, and on a […]
Is Aflac Health Insurance?
Picture this: you’re sitting in your front room watching the game and, you guessed it, another commercial came on. Only this commercial is different; it stars a duck that often finds itself stuck in peculiar situations and keeps screaming “Aflac”. Did that strike a few cords? I’m guessing it did: let’s be honest, we all […]
Long Term Healthcare Insurance
The demographic that generates the highest amount of medical expenses are, of course, the elderly. Even the healthiest of those that are getting closer to the end of their life will inevitably need a significant amount of medical attention on a relatively regular basis. In the worst cases, long term healthcare will be needed. Long […]
