Use the one that is best for your purposes. There are many issues: which one does your doctor take, the hospital take, the lab take, etc. Which one has a big deductible, which one has a maximum lifetime payout, which one will you lose if you keep generating charges? My best suggestion is take all the cards out at the doctor's office and ask...they will probably know better than you and can get information off the internet which will help such as: how much of your deductible have you burned through? If nearly all on one policy, why not use that so you are not out more money that year. Hope this helps!
Its upto the discretion of your employer how much medical coverage to be provided to you at the time of your employment and accepted by you.
A 50 year old man with dental and medical coverage through his employer
This is really a legal question for your divorce lawyer to answer. It depends on the actual wording of the divorce papers and how your lawyer structured the medical insurance coverage portion of the divorce. Cobra is simply a (very expensive) continuation of an employer group plan when you lose your job that provides medical coverage until you get a new job or you get an individual health plan outside of an employer.
Humana Inc offers a variety of medical insurance coverage, including dental, Medicare, and individual medical. Their website also provides a useful tool for finding doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals.
Legally? no, your employer has 60 days to mail you information on COBRA policies they offer. Your policy from your employment will terminate 30 business days after your employment ends
Usually your own insurance.
If you are asking about her medical coverage from her employer, absolutely.
Perhaps the most beneficial reason is that someone else is paying all or a portion of your health insurance costs for you. Even if your employer pays 50% of your health insurance cost that's 50% less that you don't have to pay directly out of your pocket with post-tax $. Employer coverage is definitely a lot more limited on the choices of benefits & plans as opposed to the myriad of choices available if you were purchasing it on your own. Another great benefit of employer coverage is that you don't have to go through 'medical underwriting' to qualify to enroll in the employer plan as you would have to for non-employer coverage in most states. In other words, you can't be denied enrollment into your employer health coverage based upon your existing health conditions or risk.
I don't know anything in the Code that requires it. The EmployER application for Group Medical Coverage asks if an Employer would like to allow an employee to keep coverage for up to 6 months. What if the Employer is only paying a portion of the premium? The Employee would still have to pay his portion. For a copy of the Blue Cross employer application Question # 10 http://www.quotit.net/eproIFP/webpages/applications/applications_group.asp?license_no=0596610 There is always COBRA
BCBS of TN stands for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. The company provides medical insurance coverage including individual health plans and consumer directed health care.
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One way to obtain medical insurance is via a medical insurance plan that is provided by an employer. Sometimes group medical insurance plans are free for the employees, and occasionally for the spouses of the employees, and there are many employers who offer medical insurance plans to their employees at discounted rates. A person who is looking for a job needs to find out if the company provides any benefits, including a medical insurance plan, for its employees. This is an excellent way to obtain medical insurance. A group insurance plan offered by a company costs less and often provides better coverage.