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Iowa Health Insurance

 

All health insurance policies in Iowa 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.

 

Iowa 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.

 

When buying health insurance, a good resource is always the Iowa Department of Insurance.

 

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Iowa Small Business Health Insurance

 

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

 

Iowa 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.  There are also limits on the amount of premiums insurance companies can charge small businesses.

 

For additional information about Small Business Health Insurance in Iowa click here.

 

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Iowa Individual Health Insurance

 

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

 

In Iowa, 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 Iowa 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.

 

Iowa has very strict pre-existing condition rules.  Insurance companies are allowed to exclude a pre-existing condition for up to 12 months.  Pre-existing conditions are only conditions that occurred, up to, 6 months prior to the new coverage.  Most importantly if you have credible coverage now, you can not have any pre-existing conditions put on your policy.

 

Relative to Pre-Existing Conditions, Insurance companies in Iowa 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 a Iowa Health Insurance Plan are based on age, location, health history, family size, sex etc.  One benefit Iowa residents have is that what health insurance companies can charge is somewhat regulated.

 

If you are an individual in Iowa, and have had continuous coverage for 12 months or more, you can not be refused a basic or standard Iowa health insurance policy.

 

Hawk I was designed to provide affordable health insurance for children of low income families.  These families must be residents of Iowa and meet other certain requirements.

 

For additional information about Individual Health Insurance in Iowa click here.

 

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Iowa Self Employed Health Insurance

 

In Iowa, self employed business owners are not allowed to purchase small business health plans.  So they are left buying individual health insurance policies.  Therefore Iowa's Self Employed businesses are covered under the same rules and regulations that protect their individual citizens.

 

Another option for affordable Iowa 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 Iowa click here.

 

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Temporary Iowa 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 Iowa Temporary Health Insurance Policy.  These policies will be cheap, with high deductibles and low coverage, but getting an Iowa Temporary Health Insurance Policy is much better than going with out health insurance. 

 

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What types of Iowa 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 Iowa that you have to go to for care.  Most Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Iowa PPO’s offer co-payments for doctor visits as well as hospitalization. 

 

Indemnity Plan - In Iowa, as health insurance rates continue to rise, many people are finding it more affordable to drop their health insurance and buy an Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Iowa it is mandated, by the state, that all companies that offer an Iowa Group Health Insurance Policy must also enable their employees to extend their health coverage temporarily; called Cobra.  An Iowa Cobra Insurance is typically available for a time period under 18 months.   In Iowa you are given 60 days to decide if you are going to take Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Iowa Temporary Health Insurance Plan.  If you are contemplating working at a consultant, it would be in your best interest to look into an Iowa Self Employed Health Insurance Policy.   

 

 

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