Posts Tagged ‘copay’
Copay Max
I love that commercial. Always gives me a laugh. But what is copay max? It is an idea conceived by insurance carriers to overcharge policyholders for things they don't need. Before copay's, patients paid the doctor as billed. Same for prescription drugs. There were no copays, you paid the retail price and more importantly, you knew exactly how [...]
Fannie Med
Every once in a while an article from another health care blog will cross my desk at Georgia Insurance Shop and it will catch my eye. Richard Scott's post Patient-based Health Reform or "Fannie Med?" at The Health Care Blog really resonated with me. His insight, as well as his analogy to the mortgage meltdown which was created by government [...]
Phantom Insurance and Other Ways to Waste Your Money
It seems that consumers everywhere are complaining about the cost of health care and health insurance. At the same time they are throwing away dollars like there was no tomorrow, buying phantom insurance and other ways to waste their money. Here are a few examples. A lady called looking for health insurance. Her current plan was increasing to [...]
Insurance Myths & Dragons
Most folks don't know as much about health insurance as they think they do. It's amazing how often I talk to people here in Atlanta and other parts of Georgia and hear comments such as these. I don't want an HMO plan because they are all bad. Blue Cross is accepted by all the doctors so it must be the best. I can't afford a high deductible plan. I [...]
