To keep health insurance costs under control

by Guest » Mon Aug 17, 2009 07:19 am
Guest

Is there anything that we can do to keep our health insurance costs under control? Any mistakes that we may avoid?

Total Comments: 4

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 09:56 am Post Subject:

Hi, there are three important things that you need to do-


  • Check out your overall medicare costs
  • Check out your health insurance needs
  • Get the right insurance deductible


Steven

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 07:40 pm Post Subject:

I think tort reform would be a good place to start.

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 07:22 am Post Subject:

Hi,

It's quite a popular belief that the healthcare costs would comprise of the premiums that we pay. But we do forget so many charges that come to us in the form of co-pays, deductibles and other associate charges that we need to bear.
That's the reason why a plan with a much lesser premium may sometimes be regarded as a costlier plan than the one which has a higher premium.

You'll arrive at your estimated cost of health care, once you add the different estimated costs to your yearly premium. Pinkfloydfan

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 03:26 am Post Subject:

I think the innovation drives health care costs up. However it also improve medical care quality. The situation that were fatal 20 years ago, at present it can not affect a person's lifespan. People who were have to sit on wheelchairs before and now they can walk and even run marathons today. Innovation is a good thing. Increased medical care quality is a good thing.
And the important is that it must be happy spending on health care. If I can spend 30% of my income on health care, I can find the equal insurance cost. People need more exposure to more routine health care costs. I think higher deductibles and basicly on what scope of coverage to purchase. Furthermore, how would someone know that how much they paid for the illness. The individual needs to perform a cost-benefit analysis of what health care gives her returns.

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