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Major Medical Insurance Quotes
For the uninsured, associations and self employed
Mission
- Providing health insurance to the uninsured
Services
Explaining the drawbacks of individual health coverage:
- You are subject to underwriting
- You might have a doctor or worse administrator making your health care choices for you (esp. with an HMO)
- Large deductibles and copays (esp. with a PPO)
Explaining the benefits of individual health coverage:
- You have greater portability than a group health plan
- You have flexibility with your doctor (esp. with a PPO)
- Low or no deductibles and copays (esp. with an HMO)
- You cannot be canceled unless the insurance carrier leaves the region
Explaining the drawbacks of group health coverage:
- Commitment to complex ERISA, COBRA and HIPAA regulations
- lawsuits and disputes by employees over coverage
- IRS involvement is benefits are taxable or non
- Exorbitant cost
- Poor health care reflects badly on the company
- Additional work for accounting
- May need to retain a lawyer to assist in obeying the laws
- May attract employees that are more interested in the health insurance than working
- Carriers can cancel the group coverage
Explaining the benefits of group health insurance:
- Attract employees from competitors who may not offer employer coverage
- Get highly qualified personal that may have pre existing medical conditions
- Retain good employees for a longer term
- Keep moral higher
- Stop employees from going to a competitor who may not offer health insurance benefits
- Lower employees financial exposure to large medical cost, affecting productivity
- May be able to offer less pay, via a good benefit program
- Generate good will
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