Indiana Health Insurance Options
Reader question:
I live in Indiana and don’t have health insurance. How does health insurance work in Indiana?
Rick
Here’s how.
The troubling thing about Indiana health insurance and that of many other states is that, if you are someone who is not in completely perfect health, it can often be difficult to get a health insurance plan with good coverage. In Indiana, companies get to reject you for many reasons including what your current health is and whether or not you have pre-existing conditions.
If you have a pre-existing coverage in Indiana that you developed within the last year, you may be in trouble. Some health insurance companies will cover you but exclude coverage for that condition, so you don’t have medical health insurance for what you need it for the most. Others might just not cover you at all, and you will have to look elsewhere. If your condition is from more than a year ago, it cannot be taken into account when considering an exclusion.
If you are going to get Indiana health insurane, you can either get it through the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool, or CHIP; an individual medical health insurance plan that you buy from a medical health insurance company; or a plan provided by Indiana health insurance through the state that you can get based on income.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama