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Reader’s Question:
Do you have any tips on how to get the best kind of health insurance for myself? Thanks!
Cecily
Albany New York
Health insurance is very important especially in times like these where almost anyone cannot afford the huge costs of getting sick or injuries from an accident. This makes getting the right kind of health plan very crucial. Here are some great tips to help you out:
Employers Health Coverage May Not be enough
In uncertain times even the health policy from your employer may not be enough to cover your needs. At least have a secondary health policy for you and your family. You don’t want to lose vital health coverage if the company you work for suddenly packs-up or if you are made redundant.
Get a Health Savings Account (HSA)
If you have a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) meaning the policy deductible minimums are $1,150 (self) and $2,300 (self & family) then it’s highly recommended that you get an HSA. This is an excellent option if you don’t use their health coverage so much. HSA’s are tax-deferred so you can pile up savings on it to use for real emergencies in the future.
Independent Rating Agencies
Part of getting the best health insurance policy is going with a reliable and quality health insurer. This is when independent rating agencies such as Moody’s, J.D. Powers, S&P, and A.M. Best become your best resources to find a great provider. They accurately rate many different companies per industry on categories such as billing & payments, customer service, pricing, and claims handling. Most information is for free and can be easily obtained from their websites.
Obtain Online Health Insurance Quotes
The Internet can also help you get affordable health insurance rates. By using a health insurance comparison website (like this one) to obtain a free rate quote, you can compare many different health insurers simultaneously. This saves you a lot of time and effort and maximizes your chances of finding the best and most affordable health provider for you.
Premium payments for KCHIP Lexington health insurance
If you are unable to pay your premium for KCHIP, then you will have to go to the nearest Lexington health insurance office and try again, which will start the process all over, with another application, interview, and everything. You can still get approved after defaulting on a premium, but since it is such a hassle and having health insurance coverage is so important, it should be avoided at all costs. To make sure you pay on time, remember that premiums are do on the 5th every month.
Even if you do take a while to make a premium payment, but still pay it on or before the due date for the first payment, your child will still be covered during that time although you may have to be reimbursed and make the payment for their treatment initially. If your child gets approved, then his or her coverage begins that same day that you applied at the office, even if you weren’t approved yet. So if you had to take your kid to the doctor or hospital while waiting for approval, that is covered, too.
If you are sending the payment through mail, then you need to take precaution to send it at least a week ahead of time, so that the office has plenty of time to receive and process the payment before the due date. If you mail it on the due date, then your child will likely lose his or her coverage. The amount isn’t too much–every family pays twenty dollars a month, whether they have two kids or eight. If you don’t pay your premium, then you will have to pay twenty dollars more in order to apply again for coverage for your child.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama.
Yearly renewal of Kentucky Child Health Insurance Plan
Once you have KCHIP, you can’t just take it for granted and plan to do nothing else from then on. Sure, there the monthly premium payments for some families, but the plan requires a bit more upkeep than that. In order to make sure that you are still eligible, Kentucky requires you to apply over again each year to determine if you can qualify for state provided child health insurance. This application process is a lot easier than the one that you had to go through in the first place, but it still requires quite a bit from you.
The month that falls before the last month of a twelve month period, the KCHIP office will send you a renewal form in the mail. You will have to fill out this renewal form with your family and your child’s current information, not the information used to apply in the first place. You will have to state and prove current income and any type of current insurance that is not KCHIP, even if it is not for the child.
You can’t just mail the renewal form in, though, sadly. You have to go up to a local DCBS office on or before the first day of the twelveth month of coverage. You will also be required to bring certain documents that you had to bring before, such as paycheck stubs for two months, in order to prove that the family is still at an income level where they need child health insurance coverage through KCHIP. If you don’t make it in by the first, that is not your last chance. A final notice will be mailed to you that will provide you with instructions of how you are still able to renew your child’s coverage. If you lose or ignore this final notice, your child will lose his or her coverage at the end of the twelveth month.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama.
Wellness in Solon, Ohio health insurance
Ohio health insurance companies are unique in taking an active part in the residents of their state’s health care, instead of just sitting back and listening to the money come in like some people might claim that most health insurance companies are doing. Over thirty million dollars is planned to be used to spread awareness of health problems and to provide basic care for Ohio residents without health coverage by the company Anthem Blue Cross over the next three years, and in the town of Solon, Ohio, the Ohio based company Medical Mutual is breaking ground with its new awareness program for citizens of the town.
One of the benefits of this program is that it will help educated residents of this Ohio towns about certain important things such as preventive medicine and healthy living habits. Many people only go to the doctor when they are sick or injured, and for this reason many medical conditions which could have been stopped or had their effect lessened are instead coming out more and more later in life. Most people don’t want to take time off of work to go to the doctor when they don’t need to, but as the Solon program emphasizes, need is very subjective.
It is a single educational event that will be held on April 21st of the coming year, and Medical Mutual hopes that everybody in the town of Solon will come and see what is to be said. Not only will it provide education, but it will provide advice on such necessary topics as healthy living and preventive actions.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama.
Georgia health insurance claims help
Reader question:
I live in Atlanta and I made a Georgia health insurance claim but my medical health isnurance company denied it for no reason. What do I do?
Millie
I’m glad you asked.
One of the most frustrating things to encounter when you are involved in a medical health insurance claim battle is a denial, especially when it is for health care that you might have really needed. This can cause a lot of problems, both for your finances and for your health. There may be may reasons that you were denied, from improper understanding of your medical health insurance policy to going out of your health coverage network. If it is one of the above, you may have a chance at an appeal, but likely you will just have to put up with it.
If your Georgia health insurance company really has wronged you, though, and you are sure of it, you can take things to a higher level. Rather than staying and feeling depressed that your medical health insurance claim will not be covered, you can file a complaint with the Georgia Department of Insurance. The Georgia DoI deals with these kinds of things and will investigate the health insurance company you complain about.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama.