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Why Can’t I Use My Credit Card?

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When I applied for my new health insurance policy, I gave the insurer my credit card information. After being approved, I learned that the insurance company really doesn’t want me to pay premiums by credit card at all. They strongly prefer that I give them direct access to my checking account. Why can’t I just pay by credit card? It took a long time, and an incredible amount of effort, for me to find an affordable health insurance plan. I haven’t actually had reason to use it yet. My hope is that when I do need to see a doctor … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – Week of April 15-21, 2012

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Every week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review gives you a quick and easy way to “ketchup” on everything that hit the blog in the past seven days. There can be anywhere between 12 and 14 blogs that will appear. What did you miss this week? My Quest to Find Affordable Health Insurance is Finished Finally! I have found a health insurance policy that I can actually afford! I review the steps from uninsured, (when I lost my job and my health insurance in 2009), to insured in 2012. The Insurance Podcast Roundup went up on April 16, 2012. This … Continue reading →

My Quest to Find Affordable Health Insurance is Finished

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I recently got approved for a health insurance policy that I can afford. It has been a long, tiring, frustrating, quest to find coverage after I lost my job that came with employer sponsored health insurance. Here is a quick summary of my journey from uninsured to insured. This all started in 2009. I was working as a paraeducator in a special needs classroom. After working for the school for the required amount of time, I became eligible for their employer sponsored health insurance. I think it was Anthem Blue Cross. It covered both me and my husband. My husband … Continue reading →

The Insurance Company Called

My husband and I are among the many Americans that are trying to find affordable health insurance. About a week and a half ago, he filled out the application form online. Today, the insurance company called us. Few things are more stressful than an unexpected call from a potential insurer. My husband spent around two hours filling out the online application form for health insurance. It was tedious. It asked what seemed like a million questions about his health, and then asked the same ones about my health. Then it asked me a bunch of questions that relate to women’s … Continue reading →