Posts Tagged “Health Insurance”
One good benefit coming from all of the attention being paid to health care reform is the attention being paid to fraud in the medical health care community, much of it perpetrated by health care providers. Many people oppose the reforms fearing a turn to socialist policies by the government. Where there is controversy, however, [...]
How can I determine how much disability insurance I need?
By Jorge Hiram Garcia, Your Insurance Advisor | April 29, 2010
The goal of buying long term disability insurance is to make sure that if a disability occurs, you and your family will have enough financial resources to maintain your family’s lifestyle without having to make drastic changes. You’ll need to make some adjustments of course, but the goals is to ensure that those adjustments do [...]
Why is the impact of disability worse than death?
By Jorge Hiram Garcia, Your Insurance Advisor | April 28, 2010
Disability is the inability to earn a living (this means working for most of us) due to illness or injury. Long term disability results from this type of condition existing for a period of three months or longer. The longer the period of disability, the harder it becomes financially for the disabled, and his or her family.
Are you concerned about qualifying for a health insurance plan, or being able to afford one?
By Jorge Hiram Garcia, Your Insurance Advisor | April 27, 2010
Many Americans worry about their health. Specifically, they worry about being able to pay for their health care expenses if something bad happens. Unfortunately, it’s not even really a matter of if, but of when. For many Americans struggling to make ends meet, especially now during this difficult recession when many of us are worried [...]
Many consumers do a poor job of protecting themselves from the long term loss of income due to a long term disability. The great majority of consumers who do buy this type of coverage do so through their employers, yet these types of employer provided long term disability insurance policies may not be the best choice for consumers.
What are some options for Long Term Care?
By Jorge Hiram Garcia, Your Insurance Advisor | April 26, 2010
The primary issue when receiving long term care for most seniors is what level of independence will they be able to retain. In effect, what this really means is what kind of level of independence can they afford. As always, it comes down to money, and being able to afford to pay for the appropriate level of long term care.
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Long Term Care, also referred to as LTC, or assisted living insurance, is a term that hardly any one can agree on what it means. Lots of people use it, but don’t really know what it means. Long Term Care (LTC) means regular assistance with medical care provided by [...]
Timeline for Health Care Bill Provisions
By Jorge Hiram Garcia, Your Insurance Advisor | April 15, 2010
There are many questions and concerns over the future role of insurance agents and consumers in all of the new provisions in the health care legislation being considered. The reforms currently taking place leave many people feeling uncertain not only as to what exactly is going to happen and how its going to work, but [...]
Individual or Group Major Medical Health Insurance?
By Jorge Hiram Garcia, Your Insurance Advisor | April 15, 2010
For the majority of Americans, individual and family major medical health insurance policies are a better fit, if they are healthy and are younger than age sixty years old. The three reasons that individual and family major medical health insurance plans are a better fit are that these types of major medical health insurance plans [...]
What’s the best way to shop for health insurance?
By Jorge Hiram Garcia, Your Insurance Advisor | April 13, 2010
Recently, a friend asked me what I thought was the best way to go about buying major medical health insurance for his family. He received coverage from his employer, but to cover his wife and children with the same plan was quite expensive. I advised him to look at an individual and family major medical [...]
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