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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Choosing the Right Insurance Plan

By Ethan Kalvin

Today, more companies, then ever, are offering insurance plans. This is both a good and bad thing. Good because, with more plans offered you will be to find one suitable for your needs. Bad because, numerous plans can overwhelm you when trying to find the perfect one.

The first thing is to think about how often you would use your insurance and for what. This will help you narrow down different plans and will help you decide between a high deductible and low monthly payment and a low deductible and high monthly payment (i.e. the more you use it, the more the latter makes sense and vice versa). If you know the things you absolutely must have included, then you will then be better equipped to choose between different insurance plans. Your personal needs are important: the insurance plans you look at when you're 20 and without children will be much different than those you look at when you're 40 and have children.

Next, you should look into the costs of using out-of-network providers, physical exams, co-payments, and immunizations. Some health insurance plans will cover some things and not others. If you know exactly what to expect from a plan, you can be better able to make a decision about which to invest in. This is especially important it you plan on one day trying to using experimental treatments or referrals to specialists: you need to make sure the health insurance plan you choose covers such things.

You will also want to make sure that the doctors you are seeing will be covered under your new insurance. Doctors gain your trust through years of caring for you and you will not want to start from the beginning will someone new.

With a little research and a lot of questions you will be certain to find the best insurance plan available for you.

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