Here are the five most important things to pay attention to when looking at picking a health insurance policy that is right for you:

What is the insurance companies record of complaints?  Every company will have complaints.  Go to the State Board of Insurance and asked them for this information.  Avoid companies that have a higher number off unresolved complaints.

Check the limits on your health insurance quote.  See if you are comfortable with the level of benefits that you receive.  Depending on your budget you can usually change what level of benefits that you are eligible.  For example, if you are in good health, a higher deductible will mean a lower monthly cost.  Also, many plans give your choice to split your medical bills with the insurance company either 50/50 or 80/20 (with them paying 80%). Then they will have an amount (your stop loss) where they will take over at paying 100% of your covered bills for the remainder of the year. These deductibles and other levels start over every year in most plans. Some plans, though, have a "per cause" deductible. Such a deductible means that you will be responsible for bills up to that deductible for each accident or illness. Make sure you are aware of this distinction, so you can choose a plan that’s right for YOU!

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Find out the insurance companies rating.  Asked the agent for the company’s rating.  If the company is highly rated at a national level then the company will have literature showing their rating and an explanation of what that means exactly.  Choose companies that have an A or A+ rating only.

The limits revealed within the policy: Ask your agent for a sample policy, and then check two sections: The Benefits and The Limitations and Exclusions. Many of your benefits are actually limited in the Benefits section. For example, diagnostic testing or outpatient treatment may be severely limited. These days, you could have a serious disease such as cancer, and never go into the hospital for it. You could rack up thousands of dollars in medical bills for the diagnostic and follow-up lab tests and MRIs, and then have surgery, chemo, or radiation therapy all on an outpatient basis.

Your hospital room rate and intensive care can be limited. Your hospital room rate should be at least average semi-private and your intensive care benefit should not be tied to your room rate, but should, instead, be covered as whatever is an average ICU rate for the area of the hospital, also. Some policies limit the ICU benefit to 3 times the regular room rate, when ICU can cost you 10 or 20 times the room rate each day. A short hospital stay with a limit like this in your policy can cost you literally thousands of dollars. A long hospital stay with a limit like this in your policy could drive you into bankruptcy. Even if your policy says it takes over at 100% after $5,000 of covered medical bills, the important term here is "covered" medical bills. If the policy only pays three times the room rate for ICU, then the rest of the ICU bill is considered an "uncovered" charge!

Pay the Insurance Company, Not the Agent, & Follow Up!: And lastly, make your check payable to the Insurance Company, and then follow up to make sure it was received. When you get your policy, check the Schedule of Benefits to verify you got the coverage you ordered, and then check to see if any special Amendments were added to your policy to exclude any of your conditions. If an Amendment exists, these conditions will always be excluded from this policy, even after the Pre-Existing Conditions Limitation expires.

With all these 5 items, they will help you which will protect you from catastrophic medical bills. Be sure to take the time to choose wisely when it comes to your Queen Creek health insurance!

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