I don't have a benefits package where I work so I pay for my health insurance out of pocket $200 a month. Can I deduct it on my personal tax return? I haven't in the past but I never questioned my tax preparer about it and he or she never asked
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The 2 above posters are correct about being able to deduct your premiums as an itemized deduction subject to the 7.5% AGI limitiation. However, you may be able to deduct 100% of your health insurance premiums IF you have any self employed income to show for the tax year. IF you do have self employed net income then you can take an above the line tax deduction for 100% of you and your family's health insurance premiums (but you can't use the deduction to give yourself a loss for your schedule C or wherever else you are putting your SE income).
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
How Do I Get Health Insurance?
I'm thinking of leaving my job to go freelance in California. I have no idea where to even start to look for a private health insurance plan. I have a preexisting condition, so I'd probably be turned down for most regular plans. Should I look for an independent broker? I've looked online and it's impossible to find one. Does anyone know SPECIFICALLY where to go and what to do?
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please try this help!
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If I'm a contractor, is there a way that my client can cover me under their health insurance?
A company is about to offer me an independent contractor agreement (hooray!). Currently, however, I don't have health insurance, and due to a pre-existing condition it's impossible to get insurance at a reasonable rate. What could the company do to cover me under their plan? If needed, I would pay the cost -- the goal is to get affordable insurance. Thanks very much.
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They cannot. They flat out can't. Sorry. You need to either take COBRA from your prior insurer, or get a private plan through a local agent.
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They cannot. They flat out can't. Sorry. You need to either take COBRA from your prior insurer, or get a private plan through a local agent.
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Is there any reasonable rates for individual health insurance?
Any one know of health insurance that is resonable?
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Try this site, if you want to find your best or cheapest health insurance rates just in few minutes, http://cheap-health-insurance-rate.info Here you can get free quotes from different companies in your area, its the best way to find an affordable health insurance with a reliable company. Hope this help,
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Try this site, if you want to find your best or cheapest health insurance rates just in few minutes, http://cheap-health-insurance-rate.info Here you can get free quotes from different companies in your area, its the best way to find an affordable health insurance with a reliable company. Hope this help,
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What's a good, inexpensive, reputable health insurance company that I (22 yr old college student) can get?
In a couple months when I turn 23 I'll have to find my own health insurance! Can't live off my parent's plan any longer (boo hoo). So I need some advice on which way to go. I'm a college student who doesn't make enough to even file taxes so it must be inexpensive. Thanks.
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Try your admissions department at school. Many colleges and universities have their own health plan (discounted) for their students. This is the best way to go until you can get into a group plan at work. Good Luck!
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Try your admissions department at school. Many colleges and universities have their own health plan (discounted) for their students. This is the best way to go until you can get into a group plan at work. Good Luck!
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Let's not have universal health care but just make health insurance more affordable?
and have the insurance companies take out take all these pre existing condition clauses. Then we don't have to worry about giving health care to illegals or higher taxes. Does anyone agree with me?
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You want health insurance companies to increase payouts and reduce rates, but offer no idea of where the money will come from. Such a plan will bankrupt insurance companies or cause them to get out of the health insurance business. Bottom line, the cost of health insurance is what it is. You pay for it or your insurance company pays for it. If the insurance company pays for it, that money must come out of the premiums paid for by you and/or your employer. There are two ways to help reduce the cost of health care and the insurance which covers it. 1) We as a nation need to take better care of ourselves and be more healthy. Stop smoking, eat better, exercise more, and take more preventative actions (regular checkups to catch diseases in their early stages). 2) Stop the likes of John Edwards from making frivolous lawsuits against doctors who committed no malpractice, but are sued any time a medical procedure does not work through no misdeed by the doctor. These frivolous lawsuits probably add 25-30% to all our healthcare costs.
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You want health insurance companies to increase payouts and reduce rates, but offer no idea of where the money will come from. Such a plan will bankrupt insurance companies or cause them to get out of the health insurance business. Bottom line, the cost of health insurance is what it is. You pay for it or your insurance company pays for it. If the insurance company pays for it, that money must come out of the premiums paid for by you and/or your employer. There are two ways to help reduce the cost of health care and the insurance which covers it. 1) We as a nation need to take better care of ourselves and be more healthy. Stop smoking, eat better, exercise more, and take more preventative actions (regular checkups to catch diseases in their early stages). 2) Stop the likes of John Edwards from making frivolous lawsuits against doctors who committed no malpractice, but are sued any time a medical procedure does not work through no misdeed by the doctor. These frivolous lawsuits probably add 25-30% to all our healthcare costs.
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can I order medicine online using my health insurance card instead of a credit card?
I am prescribed xanax for my genaralized anxiety, and i just wanted to know if i could use my health insurance card number or anything like that to order my medicine from online?
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No. You may find a company online that will file with your insurance for their portion, but you will have to pay with a credit card for your copay.
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No. You may find a company online that will file with your insurance for their portion, but you will have to pay with a credit card for your copay.
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