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The least and most expensive states for individual health insurance

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Having a health insurance plan is an excellent way to ensure you have access to the care you need to stay happy and healthy long-term. However, depending on where you live, your health insurance—particularly an individual policy—may be more expensive than expected.

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What does health insurance cover?

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With the addition of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), access to affordable health insurance increased, giving more Americans agreat way to reduce unexpected medical costs to a more reasonable amount. Census Bureau says roughly 91% of all Americans are now covered by some form of health insurance. In fact, the U.S.

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Health Insurance Benefits for Employees – Why It’s Important

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With so many flashy, new wellness benefits on the rise in the industry, it can be easy to forget about the more common perks like employee medical insurance. Employer-provided health coverage has become the standard foundation benefit for the platform of many companies.

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Most Workers Make Bad Health Insurance Decisions

InterWest Insurance Services

Even though the majority of workers receive health insurance coverage on the job, a new survey has found that many of them understand surprisingly little about their health plans and are leaving money on the table. Most health plans do not cover out-of-network care. Despite that, 23% chose the higher premium plan anyway.

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Handling Health Insurance for Remote Workers

InterWest Insurance Services

Employers will typically purchase group health insurance with networks that are mainly local or regional. The PPO option If they are currently enrolled in a health maintenance organization, they would have to give up their plan, since HMO plans contract just with medical providers in a specific area. million (or 17.9%

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Smallest Firms See Largest Health Insurance Hikes

InterWest Insurance Services

A new report has found that small businesses that purchase their group health insurance online or through payroll vendors saw the largest premium hikes in 2022, significantly higher than those that went through brokers. Since 2018, individual premiums have increased by 21% while family premiums have increased by 18%.

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Can you have two health insurance plans?

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Navigating the world of health insurance can be tricky, especially if you’ve found yourself with more than one health insurance plan to figure out. While most Americans only have one plan, known as “primary” insurance, some individuals will have another plan, known as “secondary” insurance.