Managed Care Health Insurance

June 13, 2008

Managed Care health insurance has a fairly long history. This type of insurance has been in existence since the 1930s, but recently became a lot more popular in the last twenty years as people began to learn of its many benefits. Nowadays, most of the group insurance offered by companies to their employees is a type of managed care policy. Read more

Student Health Insurance - How To Find The Best Quote

June 4, 2008

If you are a student who is shopping around for a health insurance quote before going off to college, do remember that the price of the policy is not the most important aspect of the insurance. Of course, the price is important to a student who is going to school full time, for college is an expensive proposition! But it is never too early in life to learn the value of knowing where your money is going. It is a good idea to know exactly what kind of health insurance coverage that you are going to get before you spend your money on it.

That way, you will know whether or not you are getting your money’s worth. Read more

Types of Health Insurance – Traditional Indemnity

May 19, 2008

There are several different type of health insurance in the United States. The two main types are called Traditional Care Insurance and Managed Care Insurance. These types can be further broken down into four smaller categories. You have a traditional indemnity plan, also sometimes called a fee for service plan, a Preferred Provider Organization plan, or a PPO, a Point of Service plan, or a POS, and a Health Maintenance Organization plan, or an HMO. Read more

Short Term Health Insurance

May 13, 2008

Many people have never heard of short term health insurance. It is similar in quite a few ways to COBRA insurance, but is less expensive. Short term health insurance is different from regular health insurance in that you can choose how long that you want the policy to last, anywhere from thirty days to as long as two years. It is an easily affordable choice when you find yourself in need of temporary insurance to make sure the costs of your health care will be taken care of. Read more