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by Joe Stewart, Joe

What exactly should you be looking for when comparing health insurance plans? Of course you will want to take note of how much the premiums are going to cost you. This is usually the first thing that most people look at. You'll also want to take a close look at what the health insurance plan that you're considering covers. Not all plans are created the same. Does it include hospital care? If so, up to how much? Does it include ambulatory care? If so, how much? Does it include prescription drugs? If not, why? Also, if it doesn't cover prescriptions, how much additional would it cost to have them included?

How much is the deductible? The deductible is the amount that you'll have to pay out of your own pocket each year before the insurance company will pick up the tab. An example of this would be, let's say that you took a fall and hurt your arm. You went to the doctor and he wanted to get some x-rays done to see if it was broken. After determining that it was, they placed you in a cast, gave you two prescriptions and sent you home. Three weeks later you get a bill from the doctor and the hospital. The total between the two bills is $1,400. In this case, if your deductible was less than $1,400 then you'd have to pay that amount and the insurance company would pay the rest. If your deductible was more than that amount you'd have to pay for it all yourself.

If you have been looking into getting a health insurance plan for yourself or your family, these are some of the questions that you'll need to be asking, along with many more. Do the proper research before signing anything and make certain that you're are very informed about the type of coverage that is included in your new health insurance plan.


Many people struggle today with the everyday task of paying for their gas in their car. Rising costs of living have also taken away hundreds of dollars a month out of the regular person's pocketbook and have made it harder to pay for essential things such as health insurance. There are many people that have this kind of coverage through their workplace but many do not. Here are a few ways to do your own health insurance comparison to find the best health insurance policy for you.

Health insurance comparison companies have sprung up all over the country. Whether or not they are advertising with billboards or in newspapers, these companies are trying to garner the interest of people that are passing by or reading the local newspaper in order to get the business for their clients which can also save the consumer money as well.

The Internet is also one of the places that you will find these health insurance comparison companies in great quantity. Whether you see them on search engines using pay per click advertising or you see them on classified websites or even websites that you visit on a regular basis in their advertising such as an e-mail account, they are there to earn money but they can also be very helpful for you if you are trying to save money on your health insurance premiums.

Take for instance the rise of the full-page ad in most advertising forms. You have a multiblock advertisement which shows similar companies that are selling similar things. They all have a way to contact them whether it be by mail or an 800 number. Why these types of advertisement are apropos to health insurance comparison advertising is that these companies will actually do the comparison shopping for you opposed to you having to call and write down all of the information. If the company is Internet-based, they will be able to send you a printout via e-mail that you can look at and decide for yourself which choice would be best for you and your family.

A word of warning regarding these companies is that some of them can be fraudulent and are just trying to take your information and sell it to other people who will bombard you with uncountable calls and e-mails selling other products that may or may not be related to the health insurance industry. Therefore, do your due diligence and make sure that the company that you are asking for help is a legitimate company that is a member of the Better Business Bureau and has no complaints against them before you decide to do business with them and access their health insurance comparison data. With that said let's go on to a few other things.

The first thing you want to look at is the size of the company itself. This can be done by simply going to a search engine or looking in a magazine and seeing which companies have the largest advertising budget. These companies will more than likely have the lowest premiums because they have the largest subscriber base to their particular insurance.

The next thing that you would do is to go to each of the health insurance companies websites in order to determine which benefit packages that they have. Most of them will have a multiple amount of packages to suit the needs of the many consumers that are looking for coverage.

Then take each one of their policies including all of their different levels of coverage and print them out so that you can see them on your kitchen table. Draw a line between the ones that look the most similar ends then circled the price points regarding the monthly fees that you will have to pay.

Now you need to consider your own needs. Consider how many times you think that you would go to the doctor and the possibility of you going in for a major medical operation. Using these factors, and the factors of your family, you can determine which one would be right for you.

The last thing that you do is look at the premiums that you will be paying and see what you will have to do in order to compensate. For instance, if you would like to go for one of the better packages, more than likely in your health insurance comparison, you will find that your premiums will be very high which means your monthly money that you have to support your family will be far less.

The final verdict on which one you pick is a juggle between what you believe your family should have and what you believe you can afford. But only by placing out on your kitchen table a printout of all of the health insurance policy rates and what they cover can you make a factual determination using this health insurance comparison technique.
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