Joining the throngs of travelers boarding a plane this holiday season? If you haven't been on a plane since last year's Thanksgiving or Christmas getaway, a mixed bag of airline changes await. Among the bad news: Baggage fees a...
The facts below are taken from a recent on-line study on the state of health insurance in the United States.
Did you know?
A recent on-line study found fully half of individual health policy holders pay less than $130 a month?
Some other int...
As a child growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I thought a million bucks was a mythical amount of money. I clearly remember wondering if I would ever be a millionaire. Would I have a sports car, a huge mansion and an overflowing bank account, like the...
With an Obamacare repeal in the works, you may feel that the best option is simply to drop your health insurance once the coverage requirement disappears. However, going without health insurance can have serious financial drawbacks. While it's tr...
Medicare offers individuals numerous options, including 11 different choices for Medicare Supplement insurance. With a little time and effort, getting better coverage and saving significant money is possible according to a leading Medicare insurance...
You can’t prevent illness or injury, but you can be prepared if faced with a debilitating condition.
Disability insurance offers security and peace of mind if you become disabled, suffer an injury or experience an extended illness during your...
The experiences of people we care about often deeply affect us
It’s natural that as we come to terms with our parents aging, we begin to really think about our own aging process. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes the negative experiences of wo...
Dear Bruce: My friend, who is 71, is considering a long-term care policy that sounds like life insurance along with LTC. I've had a stand-alone LTC policy for a number of years, with the premium at $3,000 a year. Her premium would be about $...
Health insurance
Definition
Health insurance is insurance that pays for all or part of a person's health care bills. The types of health insurance are group health plans, individual plans, workers' compensation, and government health plans...
It’s easy to take for granted, but health insurance is pretty amazing – you might even say that having good health insurance is the next best thing to being healthy. For all that, though, lots of people who have health insurance don&rsquo...