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Arizona Health Insurance

 

All health insurance policies in Arizona are considered guaranteed renewable as long as your premiums are paid up to date.  So this means your health insurance can not be canceled because you become sick.

 

Arizona mandates that health insurance companies cover newborns and adopted children for the first 31 days, on their parent’s policy.  But inversely pregnancy is, and can be considered a pre-existing condition, except on group health policies.  Pregnancy is a pre-existing condition but not on group health insurance.

 

Health Insurance Companies in Arizona are highly regulated.  These insurance companies are either licensed with the state or not.  So if an insurance company is licensed with Arizona you can feel confident in the quality of the company because it has passed all of Arizona's regulations.

 

In Arizona, it is mandated that all insurance companies must offer an individual the choice of two plans.  It is also mandated that mentally retarded and physically handicapped children can be carried on their parent’s policy indefinitely.

 

The Arizona Department of Insurance can often be a valuable resource when looking into getting health insurance.  You can visit their Health Insurance Division directly here.

 


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Cities in Arizona

 

Phoenix AZ

Mesa AZ

Apache Junction AZ

Casa Grande, AZ

Flagstaff AZ

Gilbert AZ

Lake Havasu AZ

Scottsdale AZ

Tempe AZ

Yuma AZ

 

 

 

 

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Arizona Small Business Health Insurance

 

In Arizona, a group health plan, can not base your health insurance premiums on your health.  This is called non discrimination.  Small Business Health Insurance in

 Arizona is also guaranteed issue, meaning that you can not be turn down for coverage.

 

Pre-existing exclusions are limited on the amount of time they can exclude coverage.  Also if you have current coverage, without lapses, that will be credited against your pre-existing period.  Pregnancy is not considered a pre-existing condition on a group health plan.

 

The maximum pre-existing waiting period is 12 months for an employee. If you are a late enrollee your maximum waiting period is 18 months.  Any pre-existing periods must be applied only after written notice.

 

Arizona does limit the amount of variation between premiums of different group health plans.  Each Small Business Plan will have certain enrollment periods in which employees can sign on to get coverage.

 

Click here to get additional information about Small Business Health Insurance in Arizona.

 


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Arizona Individual Health Insurance

 

All Arizona Health Insurance Policies have to cover disabled children on their parent’s policy into their adulthood.

 

In Arizona, insurance companies are able to decide if they want to insure you or not.  They can either rate you up or just refuse coverage.  Also Arizona does not mandate what you buy, so insurance companies are able to design specific policies for specific consumers, rather than make insurance companies offer similar policies.

 

Arizona allows health insurance companies to include pre-existing conditions and these are the two ways they can do it:

-         With an Elimination Rider which basically changes the policy to deny coverage of anything to do with the pre-existing condition.

-         With a Pre-Existing period, this can not be more than 12 months.

 

Relative to Pre-Existing Conditions, Insurance companies in Arizona must give credit to prior credible coverage as long as there was not more than a 63 day lapse in coverage.

 

The rates that an individual pays for an Arizona Health Insurance Plan are based on age, location, health history, family size, sex etc.  Sadly there is no limit on how much an insurance company can charge and individual for coverage.

 

Arizona has a great policy to cover their uninsured children.  Click here to visit Kids Care.

 

Click here for additional information about Individual Health Insurance in Arizona

 

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Arizona Self Employed Health Insurance

 

In Arizona, self employed people are able to buy health insurance like any other small business.  Health Insurance Companies can not refuse to sell them their basic plans.  Health Insurance Companies can refuse to sell them any other plans.  A self employed persons rights are protected under the laws protecting individuals.

 

Another option for affordable Arizona Self Employed Health Insurance is often associations or self employed groups.  Just keep in mind that not all of these groups or associations are regulated by the state.

 

One benefit for Self Employed people is that they are able to deduct 100% of their health insurance premiums from their taxes!

 

For additional information about Self Employed Health Insurance in Arizona click here.

 


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Temporary Arizona Health Insurance

 

Many situations may arise where you find yourself without health insurance, or about to be without health insurance.  These reasons could range from graduating college to being in-between jobs.  Instead of going without health insurance you should look into getting an Arizona Temporary Health Insurance Policy.  These policies will be cheap, with high deductibles and low coverage, but getting an Arizona Temporary Health Insurance Policy is much better than going with out health insurance.  To qualify for a temporary health insurance plan you must apply with in 31 days of the end of your previous insurance plan.

 

To get additional information about Temporary Health Insurance in Arizona click here.

 


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What types of Arizona Health Insurance are there?

 

HMO- Health Maintenance Organization.  This type of insurance is called managed care.  This means you have certain network of doctors and hospitals in Arizona that you have to go to for care.  Most Arizona HMO’s have office visit co-payments that range from $10 to $35, and hospital deductibles that range from $250 to $1,500.  Often the most affordable health insurance plans are HMO’s due to the fact they are managed care.

 

PPO-Preferred Provider Organization.  This type of insurance is also called managed care but it gives the consumer much more freedom; they allow you to visit any doctor or hospital in or out of network.  Most Arizona PPO’s have an in network and an out of network charge.  If the in network co-insurance is 100% then the out of network co-insurance would be 80%.  If the in network co-insurance is 90% then the out of network co-insurance would be 70%   Typically Arizona PPO’s offer co-payments for doctor visits as well as hospitalization. 

 

Indemnity Plan - In Arizona, as health insurance rates continue to rise, many people are finding it more affordable to drop their health insurance and buy a Arizona Major Medical Health Insurance Plan.  An Indemnity plan can also be called a major medical plan or catastrophic health insurance.  Whatever you call it, typically an Arizona Indemnity Plan would cover more “major” claims.  An Indemnity plan has an annual deductible and will usually allow you to pick different co-insurance options.  Indemnity plans allow you access to any doctor or hospital, and for this reason they are typically very expensive.

 

Discount Medical Plans – In recent years many Discount Medical Plans have started to surface.  These plans have relatively inexpensive, but consumers must realize that this is not insurance.  All these companies do is to get their customers discounted rates (20-50% off) on certain procedures at certain physicians and hospitals. 

 

Federal Mandated Health Insurance Laws

 

HIPAA

Along with Arizona Health Insurance Laws, there are Federal Laws that regulate Health Insurance companies.   HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). This act mandated federal standards for individual and group health insurance plans.  Some of the standards that it established were relative to guaranteed renew ability, crediting for prior health coverage and pre-existing condition waiting periods.

 

ERISA

Large corporations do not have health insurance policies.  Typically they are self funded, meaning the corporation pays for all of their employee’s medical bills instead of buying health insurance.  Most of these “self funded” companies are regulated by the federal government under ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act)

 

COBRA

In Arizona it is mandated, by the state, that all companies that offer an Arizona Group Health Insurance Policy must also enable their employees to extend their health coverage temporarily; called Cobra.  An Arizona Cobra Insurance is typically available for a time period under 18 months.   In Arizona you are given 60 days to decide if you are going to take Arizona Cobra Insurance or not.  Once you have passed on the opportunity to take Cobra, you are not eligible to receive it.

 

Cobra Insurance was introduced in 1985.  Cobra stands for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.  If you would like more information about your Cobra Insurance options please contact your companies HR department.

 

Often employees are surprised at the cost of an Arizona Cobra Insurance.  The reason for this is that they are now responsible for 103% (100% of the premium plus a 3% administration fee) of a monthly health insurance premium when they probably only paid 20% while employed. 

 

Whether nor not to take Cobra is an important question, and you should realize there are alternatives to an Arizona Cobra Insurance Policy.  One should realize what they plan to do in the future.  If you are looking for another job, and it will be a few months before you get a job, it might make sense to look for an Arizona Temporary Health Insurance Plan.  If you are contemplating working at a consultant, it would be in your best interest to look into an Arizona Self Employed Health Insurance Policy.

 

QuicklyQuoteMe’s Opinion on Health Insurance

On most health insurance policies you have the option of taking a higher deductible, which can save you on your monthly premiums.  For these people who are generally healthy and do not use their medical policy it makes sense to take a risk to lower a monthly bill.

 

QuicklyQuoteMe recommends you consider your risk and talk with our licensed professionals about which deductible is right for your policy.  At QuicklyQuoteMe.com we have the highest quality insurance professionals working with us.  Fill out an online form and speak to one of them directly, they all come highly recommended!

 

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