Consumer’s Health Insurance Blog

The Wall Street Journal health blog had an item about the holiday rush at the doctors office, which reminded me of a few interesting stories.
The first one is of a friend who, last year, because he’d put too much into his flexible spending account (use it or lose it), was asking if I needed new […]

A recent post at the Wall Street Journal about caps on health insurance benefits and ensuing commentary at the consumerist brought to mind a tip/ripoff in buying health insurance that folks should know about: the choice in maximum benefit.
There are two types of maximum benefits that are common: a lifetime limit, and an annual limit. […]

We decided that with the amount of time the grownups in our family spend at school and in the company of children, and our prior experience with the flu in Chapel Hill, that we’d get the family immunized for the flu this year. Since this is the first year that we’re on the high deductible […]