Health insurance is a program meant in assisting people with the cost of any health related procedures. Most scenarios insurance companies will make you pay a premium, which is a certain amount of money that you would have to pay each month to pay to have the insurance. A when it comes to a time when you need your insurance plans help, you'll have to pay a deducible first, a certain amount of money, before the insurance can come in and pay the rest. The term coinsurance stand for the total percentage of money one would have to pay. Now a person can receive insurance through their job, which is called a group policy. And the insurance through a business is also known as benefits. One may also purchase their own insurance known as an individual policy. Insurance can be received through a provider or a network of health care facilities that accepts your specific health insurance.
There are many different types of insurance, which are designed to meet the need of all kinds of people who are in different financial stages. First we have Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and Exclusive Provider Organizations (EPOs). There organizations limit the coverage they provide within their own network. Places like your regular doctors may not be within the network and therefore you would have to pay the full cost of your health visit. HMOs usually include primary doctors and specialists when referred to, unlike EPOs. Next we have Preferred provider Organizations (PPOs) and Point of Service Plans (POS), which gives you the option of picking health service providers in and out of their network. But if an outsider is chosen it might cost more than an insider would. With a PPO plan, you ca visit any doctor without a referral but in a POS plan you would need a referral to see an outside doctor. Another type of insurance is the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), which offers lower premiums and higher deductibles.