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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Disability Insurance
A person takes out a health insurance mainly to cover his needs in case he has a medical emergency. However, sometimes, very little thought is given what happens if that medical emergency makes an individual temporarily unfit to work. Making disability insurance coverage part of your health insurance package will for a certain period of time help protect your income. Disability insurance coverage can be purchased either individually or as part of a compensation package provided by your employer. Disability whether temporary or permanent is a real possibility in everyday life and must be made part of your entire health insurance portfolio in order to provide you financial coverage in whatever situation you find yourself in.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Health Insurance for the Military
The Department of Defense is offering Tricare Prime to active duty members, retirees and their families. This is the equivalent of the civilian Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Qualified active member military personnel are encouraged to take advantage of this program although enrollment is optional. Tricare Prime will provide effective health insurance coverage at a lesser cost and with wider coverage.
The program offers optional coverage to those stationed in remote areas. This will ensure that they will be getting the best health insurance possible at any given time. Beneficiaries enrolled in the program can avail of priority access to health care at military treatment facilities.
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Companies Plan to Slash Contributions
As companies try to trim down on expenses, health insurance contributions are coming closer and closer to becoming the next area of scrutiny. The current economic conditions are quite alarming and companies are already trying to come up with ways of trimming down the amount of contributions they are paying for health care of their employees. Those who have been lucky enough to keep their jobs are getting worried for health care is one of the benefits they tend to like about work. Lowering the amount of contributions companies pay would result in more for employees and with salaries still at the same levels, this will become a problem indeed.
Health care is one of the areas the new administration would be focusing on and till they get they do, people may have to settle with little or no coverage at all. People have been losing jobs at alarming rates and with that comes lost health benefits from employer provided coverage. Until the whole system is revamped and adjusted to the current economic conditions the problems with uninsured people would continue to rise.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Cheaper Health Insurance for Floridians
Floridans seems to get all the luck. They get sunshine for most part of the year, they got great beaches, and temperatures. Now they get cheaper health insurance.
There’s a new law signed last Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist that lets insurance firms to offer a basic package for health plans without the usual required coverages. The good news? It might just cost Floridians $150 a month.
“It is not the Cadillac of health plans, but it offers something very, very important for the citizens of our state,” the governor said. Shrinking the number of people in Florida without health insurance, now about 3.8 million, has been one of Crist’s top priorities.