Everyone wants to find out ways of making savings on their health insurance cover. The key to making significant savings lies in knowing the different plans and which would best suit you. You need to know to save.
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (HMOs)
In looking at plans that can result in savings, we need to first know our health needs. If you are someone who requires constant medical attention that would require that you see a doctor, you may need to look at a plan that can afford you this without costing an arm and a leg. One such plan is taken out a policy with Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). They offer the cheapest plans. This is possible because they have a pool of doctors, hospitals and other health service providers that form a network. Members of these networks are covered so long as they receive treatment from doctors and hospitals in the network. It works out cheaper. Of course there are some draw backs since any treatment that requires you to get treatment from doctors or hospital outside the network would not be covered by the health insurance policy.
HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS
It is very possible for you to make nice savings with high deductible health insurance plans if you are someone who rarely needs health care. If you are sure that your health needs are very minimal, then read on to make nice savings while still having very comprehensive coverage.
Unlike making savings with HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) for people who need constant health care, you can go for the usual traditional and more expensive health plan but then make huge savings by using high deductibles to reduce your rates.
The simplest way to go about this is to get a health savings account. This savings account works with a minimum deductible. This means that your deductible needs to be at least up to a stipulated amount before you can qualify for this account.
How does this account work? This unlike your regular savings account is an account where you can save money and earn interest tax free. The money saved in this account is saved towards the payment of your deductible whenever you need it and since your health is such that you hardly require medical care and would not require to pay your deductibles often, it becomes and ideal solution since the high deductible reduce your monthly rates very significantly.