Increasing Insurance Costs:
With the increasing cost of providing health insurance for you and your family, the prospect of finding affordable health insurance is both daunting and confusing. Health insurance premiums have risen 61% in California in the past 6 years, according to Families USA. In fact, about 15,157,520 CA adults do not have insurance at all, according to Kaiser Family State Facts.
But family health insurance is essential and luckily, there is no need to feel you are alone when selecting a plan. If you reside in California and need to find a better family health insurance plan or obtain health insurance, Health Plan One can help you review all possible insurance solutions. Fill in your zip code above to get an instant online insurance quote for your family health insurance plan.
Individual health insurance coverage should be pursued when your employer does not offer health insurance as a benefit, when you cannot be named as a dependent on another person’s policy, or when you are not a member of a professional trade association that offers group coverage.
In California, medical underwriting is allowed without restriction. Medical underwriting is the process that allows insurance companies to review the medical history of prospective members. For preexisting condition requirements, the carrier may look back in a consumer’s medical history 12 months for any preexisting conditions and impose a 12 month exclusionary period for coverage of one or two people. For coverage of three or more people, the carrier may impose a 6 month look back and exclusionary period.
California offers a health insurance plan to the medically uninsurable called the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP). You may be eligible for this program if you are not able to obtain health insurance due to a medical condition, you are not eligible for COBRA, CalCOBRA, HIPAA, or Medicaid/Medicare, and you are a resident of California.
California offers a health plan to the medically uninsurable called the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP). You may be eligible for this program if you are not able to obtain health insurance due to a medical condition, you are not eligible for COBRA, CalCOBRA, HIPAA, or Medicaid/Medicare, and you are a resident of California.
California Kids is another option for children ages 2-18. Please visit their website for eligibility information at http://www.californiakids.org/.
C-CHIP (County Children’s Health Initiative Program) allows counties to use county funds to match available federal funds allocated to California to provide needed health care services for certain children. Contact the CA Department of Insurance for more information.
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