Sunday, January 30, 2011

As far as health insurance is it best to get the highest or lowest deductible.?

I trying to apply for health insurance but i can't find anybody that covers everything as far as dental and life insurance for a reasonable price.I also want to know if it's best to get the highes deuctible or the lowest ar far as health insurance.And does anybody know any good providers?
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Apply for health care insurance separately from dental insurance to get the best deal. There is no such thing as a combination health insurance/life insurance to my knowledge. If you are young and healthy, choose the high deductible plan because your premiums will be much less. Meanwhile, it's very important that you take the savings from the lower premiums and set these aside in a savings account just in case you need to pay the deductible. Check into a Health Savings Account (HSA). This is a tax-advantated savings account that you can use to pay the deductible. You must have a tax-qualified high deductible health care plan in order to have the HSA. Your contributions to the Health Savings Account give you a tax deduction, and your earnings are tax-free. You can also use the HSA to cover dental expenses, whether you eventually get dental insurance or not. If you are young and healthy and you take good care of your teeth, you may be better off just using the HSA to pay for your dental. However, one benefit of having dental insurance is that the insurance company negotiates a lower price with the dentist, and that will save you money. Regarding life insurance, apply with a highly rated company (you want them to be around for awhile) such as Metropolitan or New York Life. Choose "term" insurance for the lowest rates. The agent may try to convince you to choose whole life or universal life, which is just life insurance combined with an investment. If you have extra money to invest, keep that separate from your life insurance, and just choose term life insurance. Go for the longest term you can get - if you're young, that should be at least 20 or 30 years. Otherwise, you'll have to renew your term at a higher age, and your premiums will be rated to your age at that time.
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