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The North Carolina Department of Insurance, Health Insurance Division, has put together a website designed to inform North Carolina Residents about their rights relative to health insurance. Click here to visit that site.
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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.
All North Carolina Small Businesses must be offered a choice
of 2 standardized policies: standard and basic.
By standardizing health insurance policies, the state of
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All North Carolina Health Insurance Policies have to cover disabled children on their parent’s policy into their adulthood.
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HIPAA eligible
- 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
The rates that an individual pays for a North Carolina 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.
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Insurers have the right to ask self employed business owners for proof that they are self employed before they will offer them a policy. This proof can be in the form of taxes or and or a letter from an attorney.
Another option for affordable North Carolina 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!
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Temporary
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 a North Carolina Temporary Health Insurance Policy. These policies will be cheap, with high deductibles and low coverage, but getting a North Carolina Temporary Health Insurance Policy is much better than going with out health insurance.
Please keep in mind that Temporary Health Insurance Policies
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What types of North Carolina
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
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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina PPO’s offer co-payments for doctor visits as well as hospitalization.
Indemnity Plan - In
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 North Carolina 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
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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 a North Carolina 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 a North Carolina 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 a North Carolina Temporary Health Insurance Plan. If you are contemplating working at a consultant, it would be in your best interest to look into a North Carolina 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.
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