Monday, May 9, 2011

Medicare or other affordable health insurance?

I live in NYC, just moved here and need to find relatively affordable health insurance. Up till now was covered by plans through employers. Is Medicare decent coverage? Is it very different from others?
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Zippy is right on this one. You are not eligible for Medicare unless you are 65 or older, or are disabled, or have been diagnosed with renal failure. If none of these 3 apply, you cannot get Medicare coverage. Medicaid is a program administered jointly by the State and Federal government. You must meet certain income guidelines in order to qualify. If you are not employed and are looking for individual coverage, I suggest that you contact one of the big insurance carriers in NY, like Empire BC/BS, HIP of NY, to see what products they have available to individuals.
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I need a health insurance that covers pre-existing conditions? My work doesn't offer insurance.?

I'm a healthy person but I need depression and anxiety medication. I need a health insurance that can help me out with the costs of my medication and my office visits. I also have a regular doctor I need to go to for some side effects that my medicine causes me. I just have no idea what health insurance to get.
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Try this one - http://healthplans.my-age.net - my family have their health insurance - it is affordable and has good coverage for dental issues. As I know they can provide coverage with preexisting condition.
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Obama or McCain - Who is more likely to cause employers to drop health care insurance for employees? ?

Who is more likely to make health insurance unaffordable for really sick people?
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Obama will because McCain is not going to have the opportunity to do it.
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I am getting married soon. What is the best health insurance for my wife and I? (We are 23 and 21 years old)?

I am getting married soon. What is the best health insurance for my wife and I? We are 23 and 21 years old, I am in school part time, we will probably both be full-time in January. Obviously we can't afford much. What are our best options?
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Use Salt Lake City as an example location, the least expensive policies for your ages are Autograph Total/5200 HSA from Humana and Evolve Core $10000 Participating Network from Regence BCBS.
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Are there any companies that you can hire to shop around for health insurance and compare them for you?

I'm looking for a company that I could hire to look for and compare various health insurance plans to find the best one for my family?
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You can easily check your minimal health care rates in internet, for example here - healthquotes.awardspace.info
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What did Bush say about health insurance?

I think I heard him say that he wants to give tax breaks to the people who have health insurance, but, did he say anything about the people who aren't able to afford it at all?
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Basically, he plans to tax people - the middle class - who already have insurance through their employers, to finance insurance for people who don't have insurance. What it will do is force many employers to drop their health insurance programs thereby creating even MORE uninsured people. Gotta be the dumbest domestic plan he ever had.
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I'm looking for health insurance for a 63 yr old female?

Looking for health insurance for a 63 yr old female, who is unemployed and currently disabled? Anyone know of any good plans that don't cost a fortune.
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Welfare - Medicaid. Or Medicare, if she's on SSDI. Most states, she's flat out uninsurable, because she's unhealthy enough to be disabled. Plus, even if she was perfectly healthy, and not overweight, at her age it's reasonable to expect to pay $600 to $800 a month for health insurance. She's going to need to talk to a local broker, to see what her options are. Besides welfare health insurance (medicaid or medicare), she can check to see if there's a high risk health pool in your state, or what the other options might be. Health insurance options are HIGHLY state specific. You're not going to find anything online.
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