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Covering Pre-Existing Conditions

Categories: Basic Information, Feature, Guide | September 30th, 2008 | by Administrator | no comments

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You’ve recently been diagnosed with diabetes, and you know how expensive treatment can be. So you’ve decided to get health insurance to help you with the costs. Wait! Before you even apply for health insurance, read this tip.
A Pre-existing Condition is any illness or ailment that you’ve been diagnosed with and treated for over a specific period of time, by licensed medical practitioner. The time frame varies, depending on your insurance provider, from a year to 24 months. Moreover, any illness that is diagnosed within a specific time frame after your coverage starts may also be considered as a pre-existing condition. This is if the doctor determines that your illness may have started even before your coverage, and may or may not have manifested its symptoms already. In some cases, illnesses that are considered as genetically hereditary (such as asthma) may also be considered a pre-existing condition.
As the insured, you should know that any claims or consultations for this condition is usually not covered by the insurance company. It’s a necessary protection for the insurance company, and a way to keep premiums down. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t get health insurance, though. You will still be covered for any illness that will occur after your coverage starts.

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2050: health insurance in tomorrow’s world

Categories: Feature | April 15th, 2008 | by Administrator | no comments

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Making predictions is difficult – especially about the future, as physicist Niels Bohr famously remarked. But this has not deterred Health Insurance magazine from taking a brave punt at predicting how the private medical insurance industry (PMI) might look like in the distant year of 2050. That is more than 40 years hence, which leaves plenty of time for a host of groundbreaking policy innovations and breathtaking leaps in technology. Plus a few wrong turns along the way. We asked a selection of PMI industry futorologists to polish their crystal balls and deliver their predictions. People will be free to top up their healthcare account themselves and buy a superior level of service, says MacEwan: “Co-payment may even stretch into new areas, such as A&E and long-term care.”

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Student Health Insurance Coverage

Categories: Basic Information, Feature | February 8th, 2008 | by Administrator | no comments

3.jpgAlthough most health insurance plans cover children less than twenty-five years of age, it is still financially practical to get a student health insurance coverage which could be beneficial to you or your child especially if your child is a student. When you decide to buy a student health insurance coverage, it may save you the hassle of getting referrals from out-of-state place where your child is attending school. Before buying a student health insurance, you should know first what the requirements of the provider are. And also if there is any pre-existing conditions that are included in the coverage.

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The Health Insurance Reviewer Site

Categories: Feature | January 10th, 2008 | by Administrator | no comments

This post will feature a health insurance reviewer website.
URL: http://www.healthinsurancereviewer.com/

post-2.JPGThis site has a slogan of Real Reviews By Real People. The site offers a list of reviews on different health insurers. At the main page, a table is placed to display the review details made. The health insurers are ranked according to certain scores that were given to them. Some of the fields that were scored are the cost, customer service and the claims of the health insurer. A column also indicates if the reviewer recommends the health insurer to the public. Health insurance hunters may browse through this site to explore a list of health insurers that have already been reviewed.

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