Consumer’s Health Insurance Blog

Health Insurance Book Author on Buying Health Insurance and Health Insurance Ripoffs

Harvard’s Jeff Miron on the Obama Health Insurance Proposal

June 15th, 2009 1 Comment

Here is an article worth reading about the nature of health care expenses, how we make the decisions about what to spend and how much, and why having your own health insurance policy may mean that you are a better cost risk than someone on a government or employer’s plan:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/15/miron.health.costs/index.html
Jonathan Pletzke is a consumer expert [...]

Tags:   · · · · ·

Can’t Get Medical Insurance? Move!

July 25th, 2008 11 Comments

I know it sounds crazy, but did you know that if you move to another state you may easily get health insurance, no questions asked? The reason is because some states do not allow medical underwriting when applying for health insurance, whereas the bulk of them do. So those states that don’t allow medical underwriting [...]

Tags:   · · · · · ·

Medicare: What’s Covered and What’s Not

July 7th, 2008 4 Comments

Medicare can be confusing. There are a number of pieces to the Medicare puzzle, and understanding how they fit together and where there are gaps is important to knowing where Medicare coverage begins and ends.  For the official U.S. Government perspective on Medicare, visit the Medicare Options Compare website. Remember that Medicare is a financial tool and should be used with your own common sense to determine things you may also want…

Tags:   · · · · ·

10 Must-Have Investing and Insurance Books

May 10th, 2008 5 Comments

Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off named to "10 Must-have Investing and Insurance books"
"Dummies and Idiot’s guides may get you started in investing and help you understand the intricacies of your insurance policies, but these books are must-haves if you want to be an intelligent investor and consumer."    -     [...]

Tags:   · · ·

Five Star Book Review: Health Insurance Book at Retire Early Home Page

April 22nd, 2008 No Comments

Another 5 Star Review for "Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off" was posted recently at the Retire Early Home Page, one of the most interesting and useful sites for people interested in what it really takes to retire early. John P. Greaney, who successfully retired early at a [...]

Tags:   · · ·

FM Talk 101 Audio Clip

February 13th, 2008 2 Comments

Listen to a brief audio clip from an appearance on FM Talk 101 with Brad and Britt in the morning. The format of the program was an introduction of Jonathan and the health insurance book Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off, followed by discussion with the hosts [...]

 
icon for podpress  Health Insurance Book Appearance on FM Talk 101: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tags:   · · · ·

HSA changes booklet arrives 1/28/2008, with effective date 1/1/2008 and cover date 7/07

January 29th, 2008 No Comments

Why did I just get a “clarifications and changes” document in the mail yesterday, when the effective date on the “clarifications and changes” was 28 days prior, and the date that the information was prepared is listed as 7/07? Shouldn’t I have gotten the information sooner? What if I had made a claim in the [...]

Tags:   · ·

Greatest Irony: Health Plan Workers Consider Strike Over *Their* Health Insurance

January 28th, 2008 1 Comment

As unbelievable as it sounds, some HealthPartners employees are talking about striking over *their* health insurance benefits, as I found at the Minneapolis Saint Paul Business Journal and Pioneer Press. At issue is the need for employees to pay a portion of their medical premium, and a change in the way prescriptions are paid.
Obvious to [...]

Tags:   · · ·

Health Insurance Co-Payments Studied

January 28th, 2008 2 Comments

I just came across a report on the UPI Newswire where information about a study titled “Co-payments as low as $12 deter women from getting mammograms” by Dr. Amal Trivedi. According to this article, the study found that 8% less women were having their annual mammogram when the copayment was $12 versus when there was [...]

Tags:   · · · ·

Lifetime maximum only one of many major dangers when buying health insurance

January 27th, 2008 5 Comments

In today’s Washington Post, Christopher Lee writes “More Hitting Cost Limit on Health Benefits” and discusses the lifetime maximum benefit on health insurance policy, the lower limit on transplants, and the ways that people are dealing with this issue (and in some cases not making the necessary choices). There are a couple of of other [...]

Tags:   ·