Tuesday, January 27, 2009

3. Look into private health insurance.

You can buy your own health insurance in the private health insurance market. Zirkelbach advises shopping around and taking a careful look at what you're buying, including:

  • Co-payments: a dollar amount you're expected to pay for doctor visits or prescriptions
  • Co-insurance: a percentage of medical bills that you're responsible for
  • In-network and out-of-network doctors: If you have a specific doctor in mind, ask the doctor's office or the health insurance company if that doctor is in the company's network of physicians.
  • Formularies: Find out if your medications are covered and what you would pay for them.

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