Dr. Robert Berry talks about high deductible plans and direct pay.
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Entries from February 28th, 2009
Direct Pay Saves Health Care Dollars
February 28th, 2009 Comments Off
Tags: HDHP · health care · health insurance · video
Sick in America – Part 1
February 28th, 2009 Comments Off
John Stossel reports. First of 6 parts on health care in America.
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Tags: health care · health insurance · video
Stretching Your Dollars
February 28th, 2009 Comments Off
Need to make every penny count? There are lot’s of ways to save money without really trying.
From Dollar Stretcher come these tips.
I liked using the Wrinkle Free spray’s on the market today but didn’t like paying the price. So now I make my own. I bought a bottle of liquid spray starch and mixed it [...]
Tags: dollar stretcher · life insurance
Life Insurance . . . DENIED
February 27th, 2009 1 Comment
If you have serious health issues, it might be impossible to obtain a life insurance policy. The exception is a graded benefit plan that only returns the premium if death occurs in the first 2 – 3 years.
But once the policy is issued, there should not be a problem, right?
Not so fast!
Life insurance policies have [...]
Tags: life insurance
Reducing the Cost of Health Care
February 26th, 2009 Comments Off
The new administration in Washinton seems to think they have a magic wand and can just waive it around and everything will be fixed. Or perhaps they have a Benny Hinn complex and believe they can cure what ails you.
The truth is, they have no clue.
The WSJ is reporting right now that President Obama’s budget [...]
Tags: disease management · EHR · EMR · health insurance · InsureBlog · Medicare
Health Insurance, COBRA and ARRA
February 26th, 2009 Comments Off
With the stroke of a pen, President Obama completely changed the landscape involving employer sponsored group insurance. When you add in proposed changes in the tax laws and the union “card check” revisions, it would appear that Washington is trying to single-handedly dismantle small employers.
COBRA on the federal level applies to employers with 20 or [...]
Tags: group health insurance
Choose Any Dentist
February 24th, 2009 Comments Off
What if you could keep your current dentist, but pay less with each visit? Most dental plans on the market require you to see THEIR dentist, but not PrimeStar. You can see you own dentist and pay less for routine visits, even major work such as crowns and root canals.
No need to have some stranger [...]
Checking Out Your Medicine Chest
February 24th, 2009 Comments Off
Insurance carriers regularly look in your medicine chest . . . mostly when you apply for life or health insurance. They want to know what medications you have taken over the last few years. This information is used to determine how healthy (or not) you have been and whether (or not) you might be a [...]
Tags: health insurance · medicine · prescription · underwriting
Stayin’ Alive
February 23rd, 2009 Comments Off
Not to be confused with the BeeGee’s song from Saturday Night Live, the cost of staying alive can put a major dent in your wallet. Especially if you don’t have health insurance, or have the WRONG POLICY.
All of my clients in Georgia know that there is more to buying health insurance than just getting a [...]
Tags: cancer · health insurance · medicine · prescription
Phantom Insurance and Other Ways to Waste Your Money
February 22nd, 2009 Comments Off
It seems that consumers everywhere are complaining about the cost of health care and health insurance.
At the same time they are throwing away dollars like there was no tomorrow, buying phantom insurance and other ways to waste their money.
Here are a few examples.
A lady called looking for health insurance. Her current plan was increasing to [...]
Tags: copay · deductible · health insurance · HSA
