What Is And Isn't Covered By Health Insurance?
The Short Answer Of What Is And Isn't Covered By Health Insurance
It depends. You have to read your policy very closely to know if something is or isn’t covered by health insurance. Some things are often covered, like preventative care, but other things depend heavily on the type of plan, like co-pays and deductibles.
The Long Answer
Insurance was originally created to protect you from catastrophic financial loss when things go wrong, kind of like car insurance. When there’s a problem, your insurance will kick in. Health insurance has morphed over time to be more than that. Depending on how much you pay, certain services may be covered beyond the “when things go wrong” services.
Sometimes health checkups are covered, sometimes shots and vaccines are covered, usually preventative care is covered, and occasionally only the major stuff, like surgery or hospitalization, is covered. Some uniformity has been added by the government on what minimum coverage looks like. However, there will always be fine print.
A common one is that primary care doctor visits are covered, BUT, sometimes only up to a certain amount or only a certain time of year. And it is always upsetting when you go to the doctor expecting your expensive insurance to cover your $200 visit but get a bill for $100. Maybe because your insurance only actually covers $100 visits or this is your 4th visit this year, so you have to pay for the whole thing. Is it in the fine print? Yes. It is hard to understand and know what’s happening? Also yes. That is why uMedMarket can help.
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What Is Co-Insurance
Co-Insurance is way to split payment for specific services between you and your insurer. Typically only certain high cost services will have a co-insurance payment, like hospitalization. With a co-insurance amount (usually a percentage of the allowable charge), you will always pay that percentage each time you use that specific service.