Basic of Health Insurance Quote

October 16, 2009

The Basic Health Insurance Plan was specially designed to function as an inexpensive (limited benefit) alternative to the major group health insurance covers which are very expensive. This can be comprised of an “any size group” and its outstanding features include:

* Hospitalization and surgery benefits
* Medical Emergency Room benefits
* An option of either a single cover or a family coverage
* Visits/Consultations at a doctor’s office of your choice
* Affordability
* Accessibility-to qualify for this Plan, there is no necessity to undergo physical exams, and neither are medical questions asked as a pre-qualifier. For those members who are eligible; this medical insurance cover is “guaranteed issue.”

Types of Group Health Insurance Plans

Group Health Insurance Plans are broadly split into indemnity plans (traditional indemnity plan, an FFS or Fee for Service Plan, and more prevalent in the east coast) and managed care plans (very popular in western USA), both different from each other in approach. The outstanding differences between the indemnity and managed care plans are in sectors concerning:

* Out -of-pocket expenses for covered medical services,
* choice of medical providers and hospitals, and
* How medical bills are paid.

In an indemnity plan, you will have a wider choice of hospitals and medical/healthcare providers (this includes specialists like a cardiologist).In a managed care plan, you will incur less paperwork and out-of-pocket expenses.

Fee for Service Plan

In these plans, the insured patient is examined by a doctor chosen by him, and the medical professional receives a fee for each service given to the insured patient. The fee- for -service health insurance claim is filed either by the patient or the medical provider.

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One Response to “Basic of Health Insurance Quote”

  1. Tony Novak on October 17th, 2009 5:09 pm

    The article does not specifically name the policy or the insurance company being described, but I just want to clarify that it does not appear to be the insurance called Basic Health Insurance issued by Markel Insurance in 33 states at http://www.basichealthinsurance.net. Any published description of our product or Web site would include the name of the insurance company as required by law.

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