Consumer’s Health Insurance Blog

The last host of 2007 for the bi-weekly Cavalcade of Risk blog carnival for insurance and risk management is up at American Consumer News.
My pick from this week’s health insurance related postings is Fitting Health Care into the Budget because it made me think about what percent of a household budget should go towards health […]

An inspiring version of the Grand Rounds Blog Carnival - in Haiku format! I am inspired and honored to be included. I am new to reading the host blog and am inspired by the writing in general and these Haiku!
Jonathan Pletzke is a consumer expert on health insurance and author of the health insurance book […]

Todays posting by Debbie at American Consumer News brought to mind the subject of whether you should use an agent/broker when buying health insurance. While I have to agree that the sales part of an agent/broker is going to lead them to consider suggesting higher commission products, I don’t think that anyone should go directly […]

What is cheap health insurance? Is it like a cheap watch? Imagine buying your health insurance from a shady guy on a street corner. “Yes I’d like the Rollex for $10.” And then when you want to see what time it is you realize that the watch is running slow and you’ve missed your appearance […]

I got to thinking about how the media reports increases in health costs and how “the system” is broken because folks can’t afford insurance, and then they go on to report about the increasing unhealthy habits in the U.S. and the increasing age of the U.S. population. But I don’t see a correlation between the […]

I was reminded of the advice that I give to the local elementary schools by Gerald Pugliese in the blog post Wash Your Hands.
I spend time volunteering in the local schools here in Chapel Hill, and I tell children that washing their hands is one of the most important breakthroughs in medical science. I don’t […]

I met a fellow recently at a local chamber of commerce event who was very interested in my book. He was kind enough to buy a copy and has since been in contact with me, and I have learned that Howard has been a life (mostly) and health (recently) agent for a long time from […]

Find the latest group of blog posts about Insurance and Risk Management with Cavalcade of Risk #40 hosted this week courtesy of Joseph Padula at Managed Care Matters.
Jonathan Pletzke is a consumer expert on health insurance and author of the health insurance book Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off, available […]

The latest Grand Rounds is up at compliments of Doctor Geek, M.D. Read the latest blog submissions on the medical front from doctors to consumers.
Jonathan Pletzke is a consumer expert on health insurance and author of the health insurance book Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off, available online and at […]

Hank at the InsureBlog wrote an interesting post about a pregnant woman moving from Sweden to Florida (or North Carolina or Tennessee) who is interested in getting health insurance. It sounds like she wants the pregnancy to be covered by health insurance, which from Hank’s post is the only sticking point to the process of […]