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Oklahoma Health Insurance

 

All health insurance policies in Oklahoma 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.

 

Oklahoma 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.

 

Some other mandated coverage's are immunizations for children and also annual mammograms for women.

 

The Oklahoma Health Insurance High Risk Pool is the high risk pool for Oklahoma.  This risk pool was designed to offer affordable health insurance to people who did not qualify for private health insurance due to their health.   To qualify you must be an Oklahoma resident for 12 months or HIPAA eligible.  Interestingly, you can get a family plan for your family, through the high risk pool, even if only one member in your family qualifies.

 

Pre-existing conditions will be in effect for the first 12 months of any high risk pool policy, unless there was credible coverage before.  If you are HIPAA eligible then you qualify to have not pre-existing conditions on your policy.   For additional information about Oklahoma's high risk pool please call 800-933-7624

 

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Oklahoma Small Business Health Insurance

 

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

 

Oklahoma small business insurers can only consider treatments, diagnosis etc that you had within the last 6 months ending on the day the new policy started.  This is called a look back period.

 

The maximum pre-existing waiting period is 12 months for an employee.  Any pre-existing periods must be applied only after written notice.

 

Oklahoma 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.

 

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

 

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Oklahoma Individual Health Insurance

 

All Oklahoma Health Insurance Policies have to cover disabled children on their parent’s policy into their adulthood.  Also newborn babies have to be covered for the first 31 days on their parent’s policy.

 

In Oklahoma, 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 Oklahoma 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.

 

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma Oregon 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 Oklahoma 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.

 

SoonerCare is an Oklahoma State Insurance Program designed to insure the state's uninsured children.  To see if you qualify visit their website.

 

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

 

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Oklahoma Self Employed Health Insurance

 

In Oklahoma, self employed people are not allowed to buy health insurance like other small business.  A self employed person, living in Oklahoma must buy an individual policy because their rights are protected under the laws protecting individuals.

 

Another option for affordable Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma Temporary Health Insurance Policy.  These policies will be cheap, with high deductibles and low coverage, but getting an Oklahoma Temporary policy is much better than getting nothing at all.

 

Just like in other states, Oklahoma Temporary Health Insurance in not guaranteed renewable.  This means that insurance companies can refuse to offer you coverage if they want to.

 

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

 

Indemnity Plan - In Oklahoma, as health insurance rates continue to rise, many people are finding it more affordable to drop their health insurance and buy an Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma it is mandated, by the state, that all companies that offer an Oklahoma Group Health Insurance Policy must also enable their employees to extend their health coverage temporarily; called Cobra.  An Oklahoma Cobra Insurance is typically available for a time period from 18 to 36 months.   In Oklahoma you are given 60 days to decide if you are going to take Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma Temporary Health Insurance Plan.  If you are contemplating working at a consultant, it would be in your best interest to look into an Oklahoma Self Employed Health Insurance Policy.   

 

 

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