The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
(COBRA), a law created in 1986, gives workers (and members of their family) who lose their health
insurance benefits the right continue their group health insurance for a limited period of time under
circumstances such as voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in hours, transition between jobs, divorce, adoption and death.
Generally, the [...]
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Health insurance considerations weigh heavily on the minds of people wanting to retire before Medicare coverage kicks in at age 65. Many people put off retirement simply because the cost of an individual health insurance policy is too great on a limited income.
What options for health insurance do you have if you choose to retire [...]
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As in everything that involves money, it is important
to keep good records of your medical expenses for many reasons.
Keeping track of deductibles, especially for a family,
can be time consuming, but is an important task. Every policy has different deductibles for lab work, hospital emergency room visits, hospital stays, doctor
visits and x-rays, and it is often [...]
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Health insurance, in this modern world of cancer, heart disease, AIDS, diabetes, asthma, ageing and other diseases and afflictions, it is essential to have some sort of health insurance.
There are many levels of health insurance coverage available; unfortunately, like most things in life, you get what you pay for, and good coverage can be very [...]
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