Is Global Health Insurance Right for You?
Posted on August 14th, 2010
Many travel out of their home country on a very limited basis, and so choosing from the traditional health coverage options is just perfect for them. These plans largely offer everything a person spending most of their time inside their country will need. However, other people travel extensively and some may even spend part of their year living overseas. These people may be retired and travel extensively around the world. They may have the need to travel for their job, or they may even have family overseas and visit their family every chance they get for extended periods of time.
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Health Savings Accounts Are More Popular Every Year
Posted on July 13th, 2010
If you’re looking for a way to lower your monthly health insurance premiums, take a look at what millions of other people have been doing. According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, the balances in Health Savings Accounts have grown rapidly in the past few years. Consumer-driven health plans, including Health Savings Accounts and health reimbursement arrangements, grew to $7.1 billion last year. That showed an increase of $835.4 million in the last three years.
The number of these accounts has increased from 1.2 million accounts in 2006 to 5 million in 2009. What makes these plans so popular? Health Savings Accounts work with high-deductible health insurance plans. W
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Social Entrepreneurship in the Health Insurance Industry
Posted on January 6th, 2010
Social entrepreneurship implies taking independent actions with the intent of making a change in the thinking of a larger community. This is not a concept that we usually associate with the health insurance industry. Yet, behind the scenes, health insurance companies have taken bold reform actions in 2009–without waiting for a consensus or passage of law.
Until recently, the only insurance firms cited for social entrepreneurship were exceptionally creative brokerage firms and software developers. But in 2009, there were many cases of paradigm shifts at the core of some health insurance company operations.
Here are a few examples:
Aetna
Aetna’s has made a commitment to wellness benefits. The
Open-Enrollment: A Good Time to Consider Individual Health
Posted on November 25th, 2009
Economic times are tough, so lots of people are looking for ways to save money on their health insurance. Many companies need to save money, too, and they’re shifting more of the costs of health insurance to employees. This may make group coverage more expensive for those who get coverage through their work.
Open enrollment, which is taking place now in most companies, is the perfect time to compare your group coverage with what’s available to you in an individual health plan. Start by looking at the costs, benefits and eligibility requirements of your employer’s 2010 group plan.
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