Combined with the more than $1,000 Macon already paid in premiums last year, she joined the ranks of Americans paying more than 10% of her income forhealth insurance. When bills for her cancer treatment overwhelmed Lee-Ellen Macon this year, her sister started a GoFundMe for her. ...
Those who didn’t have an employer-sponsored health plan, or who don’t qualify for Medicaid or Medicare, needed to choose some form of individual health care plan. Insurance coverage was made mandatory because it’s important. Today, the requirement for all Americans to have some form of he...
Also, he noted, if you initially go with a Medicare Advantage plan, you don’t buy a Medigap plan. But if you want Medigap later on, you can then be rejected or forced to pay much higher premiums. Core idea No. 5: Building savings Here, Miller recommends kee...
A slide presentation dated Sept. 29 says HealthCare.gov's window-shopping feature is getting a major upgrade. Window shopping is a popular part of the website that allows consumers to browse for taxpayer-subsidized health insurance plans. A copy of the document from the Centers for Medicare &...