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Catastrophic Health Insurance - How to Get the Best Rate These Days

By Mike Singh

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Published: 07Dec2009
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For those who have yet to know, catastrophic health insurance covers major medical and surgical expenses for hospitalizations and outpatient procedures borne of serious illnesses as well as accidents and injuries. This is the ideal solution for healthy individuals who want health insurance coverage without paying for the relatively higher costs of the other types of insurance.

However, just because the catastrophic plan is the cheapest in the industry does not mean that you should just purchase it on a whim. As much as possible, you have to follow a rational process in arriving at the decision to secure one for you and your family.

Risk Assessment

Even with a catastrophic health insurance, you have to assess the risk you are willing to take on. For one thing, you have to decide the amount of deductible that you are willing to shoulder, which can start from $500 to $5,000 depending on the policy. Keep in mind that the higher the deductible, the more affordable the premiums will be. For another thing, you have to look into your health savings account, if you have one. Keep in mind that you might have to dip into this account in the event of a catastrophic injury.

Eligibility Requirements

The insurance company will require physical and medical examinations to determine the health condition of the insured members. The presumption is that you have no pre-existing medical condition like AIDS, diabetes, heart diseases, multiple sclerosis and emphysema; otherwise, you will be disqualified from availing of said insurance policy. Thus, you have to assess your medical history including present prescriptions. This way, you are more prepared to deal with unexpected changes to your desired terms of the insurance plan.

Secure and Compare Quotes

In the olden days before insurance comparison websites, you had to spend time, effort and money, plenty of it, to secure quotes from the various reputable insurance companies. If you chose to go the offline route, you had to visit the physical locations, talk to a salesman and get the quotes. If you chose to opt for the online way, you have to log on to many sites, enter the required information on the appropriate fields and print out the quotes. And then you have to get down to the tedious task of comparing all the quotes that you secured.

Yes, it can be tedious since each company will offer various quotes to correspond to your single need. Plus, the fact that it can be confounding trying to understand insurance lingo only adds to the burden.

Again, it is a very good thing indeed that insurance comparison websites are there to help you make an informed decision. Just enter your insurance needs - premiums, coverage, limits, and other information - click on the appropriate icons and wait for the results. You will have insurance quotes from many reputable companies within minutes, all without leaving the comfort of your house and spending hours browsing through numerous sites. Plus, the quotes are precisely tailored to your need as you inputted them, thus, doing away with the conflicting quotes from the same company.

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