In an economic situation such as ours, with many people being laid off in droves, more and more people are searching for their own solutions to health insurance coverage once they lose employer-based coverage. This week in the Health Insurance News Roundup, we will look at a few articles that discuss how to search for health insurance and the best tips for buying it after being laid off. We’ve discussed this before, but it’s always good to revisit relevant and helpful topics, I feel.
To begin, koat.com in New Mexico has a short article entitled, “Exploring Health Insurance Options When Laid Off,” in which they give some simple tips. These include applying for the SCHIP program for government-run children’s health insurance, as well as looking to COBRA for assistance. These options plus looking for individual or family-based health insurance through a private insurance company should help keep your health insurance affordable.
The next article is entitled, “If You Lose your Coverage” and is from the Washington Post. In this article, they also give some simple, yet effective tips when searching for affordable health insurance if you happen to get laid off. This article also discusses COBRA, but in a little more detail, such as asking about your rights with COBRA, looking into Medicaid and more.
Our final article comes to us from Examiner.com and is entitled, “How to buy health insurance and why it’s like gambling.” This article says that finding health insurance is all about risk, just like gambling. For example, what are the odds that you will get sick or be in an accident in the future? Do you want a copay? Do you want a health savings account? These and other questions are necessary in order to determine your risk in acquiring and maintaining affordable health insurance.
Losing a job, and therefore losing health insurance, is never easy or simple. But with simple tips like these plus persistence and patience, nearly anyone should be able to get some type of health insurance coverage for themselves or their families. I hope you have found this article informative, and until next time, have a great day.
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Searching For and Buying Health Insurance in a Troubled Economy
In an economic situation such as ours, with many people being laid off in droves, more and more people are searching for their own solutions to health insurance coverage once they lose employer-based coverage. This week in the Health Insurance News Roundup, we will look at a few articles that discuss how to search for health insurance and the best tips for buying it after being laid off. We’ve discussed this before, but it’s always good to revisit relevant and helpful topics, I feel.
To begin, koat.com in New Mexico has a short article entitled, “Exploring Health Insurance Options When Laid Off,” in which they give some simple tips. These include applying for the SCHIP program for government-run children’s health insurance, as well as looking to COBRA for assistance. These options plus looking for individual or family-based health insurance through a private insurance company should help keep your health insurance affordable.
The next article is entitled, “If You Lose your Coverage” and is from the Washington Post. In this article, they also give some simple, yet effective tips when searching for affordable health insurance if you happen to get laid off. This article also discusses COBRA, but in a little more detail, such as asking about your rights with COBRA, looking into Medicaid and more.
Our final article comes to us from Examiner.com and is entitled, “How to buy health insurance and why it’s like gambling.” This article says that finding health insurance is all about risk, just like gambling. For example, what are the odds that you will get sick or be in an accident in the future? Do you want a copay? Do you want a health savings account? These and other questions are necessary in order to determine your risk in acquiring and maintaining affordable health insurance.
Losing a job, and therefore losing health insurance, is never easy or simple. But with simple tips like these plus persistence and patience, nearly anyone should be able to get some type of health insurance coverage for themselves or their families. I hope you have found this article informative, and until next time, have a great day.
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