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Points to Ponder While Buying a Health Insurance Policy
Posted by | Posted in Personal Health | Posted on 21-07-2010
Healthcare is an integral and critical concern of any household. Your family means a lot to you. Protecting your family against any untoward medical contingency is your top priority. However, with wide array of products available in the market, taking a decision becomes difficult.
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The following points are worth pondering over before buying a health policy.
Cost-benefit Ground:
Cost is a critical factor in the entire decision making process for buying a policy. The cost element depends upon the number of dependent members in the family. In simple terms, a dependent is a person relying on the individual financially. Thus, you have to watch out for the fact that the cost of buying should justify the benefits covered under the policy. In other words, you have to strike a right balance between the cost and benefits available.
Adequate Cover:
Adequate cover refers to your need to cover your entire family (i.e.spouse, children and your dependent parents). Thus, you should opt for a policy, which covers your family at a minimal cost. Consider a Family Floater Policy which would cover your entire family more efficiently.
Age Factor:
Age is another critical factor that needs to be taken into account. In case of children as well as parents, the age factor becomes more important since beyond a particular age, coverage might not be possible. The required age for buying a insurance policy would vary from insurer to insurer.
Are You Covered By Your Employer:
Are you covered under any Medical Insurance plan of your employer? If yes, check out whether your dependents are included under the cover. If not, then you need to find a solution for your dependents.
Even if you are covered by your employer, remember that you are covered only for the period you are employed. If you change job or retire, you and your family will be stranded in case of medical contingency.
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Republicans, health insurance companies are feeding this idea that Obama is trying to socialize the health care system–Obama wants ALL people to have access to health care—it is something good. SAY NO TO COMERCIALIZED HEALTH–FOR PROFIT HEALTH CARE—SAY NO TO THE SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW–SAY YES TO A REFORM!!!1
Osirysteamo, subscriber below, I agree with you. It is so sad and upsetting when I hear people say that Obama is a communist or a socialist because they are puttng a label on him, judging him, and stereotyping him. I’ve even heard it on Christian television and radio. I thought those were the people that cared about people and helping them but I hear a lot of Christian radio and tv judging our president and calling him names. It’s not right.
If you read between the lines, you would realize that nationalized health care would eliminate the government programs for needy people ie, medicare, medicaid, section 8, food stamps. Earning minimum wage would be enough for a person to have a place to live and be able to eat. But when a Dr. visit costs three days pay, or filling a cavity costs 4 days pay, or a prescription costs a week’s pay, you give up. You are going to be on the streets anyway.
Unfortunately, affordable for someone 54 isn't likely. Well, I guess affordable is a relative term.
It depends on your geographic location. I assume that you're in CA. If so, your best bet is to apply for coverage through a group (in CA a group is 2 or more people). If you don't have a group, create one with a friend or colleague. If I'm not mistaken, groups cannot be denied coverage. The insurance companies don't have to make the coverage cheap but they have to provide it. Best of luck!
This situation is NOT uncommon, it happens every day. People die every day because of NO medical care, but the republicans don’t give a dam.
Is this an S-corp or a C-corp?
If it's an S-corp, the premiums are included in the wages on the W-2, but then excluded as an adjustment on the front of the 1040. It wouldn't make a difference on collecting EIC.
Edit, as 100% owner of the S-corp, he *can't* deduct it any other way. The IRS will figure this out on an audit and then BOTH of you will owe the excess refund back.
See page 15, column 1 and column 2 of the 1120s instructions. Specifically the part about insurance being included in box 1 of W-2 and deducted on line 29 of the 1040.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1120s.pdf
And no, it doesn't come out the same for EIC.
Claiming $30K in wages vs claiming $33K in wages and subtracting $3000 in premiums is a difference of $2447 in EIC vs. $1816. The excess $631 is illegal.
Since you've already identified the issue–that the bogus calculation makes you eligible for EIC when it shouldn't, don't sign.
We need the public option. The insurance companies will screw us without it.
The Republicans want to help the rich and screw the poor. They dont care about the majority of people.
They want to cut taxes for the rich, but then there is less money for social programs for the poor and middle class. Republicans don’t want a public option, because there insurance buddies wouldn’t be able to make as much money.
To the blue dog democrats, dont be traitors. Get back to your democratic roots.
My husband is a retired Marine, so we use Tricare for our insurance. We pay only $115 every quarter, so we are very fortunate to have insurance for such a low cost. This price includes all family members, including kids until they're 21, or 23 if they're a student full time. The only problem I've had and many people have gone through the same thing is that they've switched formularies several times on some medication I take, forcing me to switch to another brand or I would have had to pay a much higher co-pay. And one time I had to have a procedure done and they made me go to a military base to have it done instead of going to a regular doctor out in town. If you're within so many miles of a base and need something done, they will probably make you go to the base. We lived farther away than the maximum miles, but I still had to go to the base.. It wasn't no big deal, but I would have liked to have stayed with a local doctor. We previously used Aetna with my husband's former employer because my employer didn't take Tricare (a doctor's office) and our co-pays were written off since we were employees. I never had any problems with Aetna.
What the HELL is WRONG with you people???? I’ve never read some many heartless comments in my life!!!! How do you people even sleep at night???
I don’t give a CRAP if this man is PURPLE, he is having to watch his mother die before his own eyes because of a system that DOESN’T WORK! What part of that DO YOU NOT GET?????!!!!!!!!!!!!
You need a trusted adviser to help you through the process of purchasing health insurance so that you understand what you are purchasing. Some may suggest going on line to get a quote but you probably already know that there is much more to health insurance than price. Some might even suggest a discount plan which is not insurance at all.
Ultimately, you are the one who determines the affordability of your health insurance plan by deciding how much you will participate in sharing the cost of your health care with your insurance company.
If you choose a plan that covers everything i.e. doctors office visits, prescription drugs, preventative health benefits, maternity coverage as well as low deductibles and low copays your monthly premiums will be significant.
On the other hand if you are reasonably healthy and use the health care system infrequently you could consider a plan that covers only the major health catastrophe which will result in a relatively low monthly premium. You then can use the monthly premium savings to pay for the occasional doctor visit and still come out ahead.
You might also consider a temporary health insurance policy if you anticipate getting another job with benefits.
Check with the agent that writes your home or auto insurance he/she can provide you a health insurance proposal that takes into account your budget and health situation. They can answer questions as to what is and is not covered by the policy, explain deductibles and copays and show you the hospitals and doctors that participate in the network.
Use the Internet to educate yourself but use an agent to purchase the coverage.
They try to do it in thirty days, however, it can take longer due to obtaining the necessary doctors reports. I have seen it done in fifteen days and as long as five months. It also depends if you are going on a group plan or as and individual…Good Luck….
I had idea that the American healthcare system was so bad,.
As long as you keep asking these vague questions, you'll never get intelligent responses.
YOU need to obtain it from your prior insurer.
A lot of people are afraid to get treatment not because they’ll be turned away, but because they’ll be chased for the money later. The more ill you are, the worse that bill is likely to be.
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