Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Double up on individual health insurance?

Can you have more than one Health Insurance Plan for your self? I have to buy my own insurance, but even the best individual insurance is crappy and I wanted to now if people ever buy two insurance plans? The insurance i have now only lets me see the doctor twice a year. If I got another insurance plan would it pick up where the other left off?
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Hi, Generally it is not a good idea to have more than one health insurance plan because only one will be your primary coverage. You need to be careful if you want secondary coverage. Many policies will not allow you to get a policy if you already have a policy. Having said that, there are supplemental plans that pay YOU instead of the doctor or hospital. They are with companies such as Aflac and are supplemental plans. They are set up so that you get a certain dollar amount for each doctors visit, emergency room visit, hospital stay, or surgery. While I represent individual insurance companies I don't generally recommend these supplemental type plans unless you go with an HSA where you don't have co payments and you have a high hospital deductible. But you get what you pay for with insurance. If you want low co payments and deductibles then your premium will be high. I would recommend getting a primary plan that is good enough and saving money to pay co payments and deductibles. Try this site http://free-health-quote.blogspot.com/ Here you can get quotes from different health insurance companies in your area, its the best way to find an individual health insurance with a reliable company. Best Wishes,
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