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Ohio Group Health Insurance Does Not Have to be Expensive
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Every
day we get a call from a company that has just received a heart-stopping
rate increase on their Ohio group health insurance plan. Honestly,
if you want the "super-deluxe", low deductible, insurance
pays for everything plan, then you are going to have to eat the
premium increase. No one can help you lower costs.
If you are
willing to be creative and "think out of the box", we
can help you bring down your health insurance costs. We do it
every day.
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Indemnity
plans are the lowest cost Ohio group health insurance plans available
No matter how you slice
it or dice it, the only way to save money on group health insurance
is to shift the costs around. You can do this in many ways depending
on what you want to spend and how much benefit you want to offer.
Let me start with the most basic of all plans.
Basic Indemnity
Plan - We offer a guaranteed issue plan for $125 a month
per employee. It does not matter how old they are or if they have
a poor health history. The plan requires a minimum of 5 employees
and the benefits can be used anywhere in the United States.
- NO EMPLOYER
CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED
- ALL
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE COVERED
- GUARANTEED
ISSUE
- COVERS
MATERNITY
- NATIONAL
PPO NETWORK
- INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS (1099) EMPLOYEES AND PART-TIME WORKERS ARE PERMITTED
| Base
Plan (these are the amounts the plan will reimburse based
on an actual medical expense): |
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| Office
Visits (6 office visits per person/per year) |
$50 |
| Diagnostic
X-Ray & Lab |
$60/per
test |
| Accident
Coverage (per occurrence) |
$1,000 |
| Surgical
Schedule |
Up
to $3,000 |
Hospital
Indemnity (per day, up to lifetime maximum
of 500 days) |
$1,000 |
| Generic
Rx: $5, Brand-name contraceptives $20 |
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| Substance
Abuse (per day, up to 30 days per calendar year) |
$500 |
| Intensive
Care (per day, up to 30 days per calendar year) |
$2,000 |
| Skilled
Nursing (per day, for stays in a skilled Nursing Facility,
up to a maximum of 60 days per stay) |
$250 |
| Mental
Illness (per day, up to a maximum of $5000 per calendar year) |
$250 |
| Life
Insurance/AD & D |
$5,000 |
| Dependent
Life |
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| Spouse
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$2,500 |
| Children
(10 days to 6 months) |
$200 |
| Children
(6 months to 19, 26 if full-time student) |
$1,250 |
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Closing
the Gap on the Indemnity Plan
The above plan has
been immensely popular. Usually, it is sold into businesses where
there are relatively low-wage employees. Even coverage for the
entire family is affordable. However, when used with higher wage
employees, professionals and managerial level workers, the plan
is not viewed as adequate. There are a number of ways to "beef
up" the plan and still save money over traditional insurance.
EXCESS LOSS
INSURANCE
The biggest complaint
we get about the indemnity plan is that there are limits to the
coverage. By "wrapping" the plan inside of an excess
loss plan, we can eliminate that problem.
For example, if we
add a $10,000 excess loss plan to the above plan, you now have
a plan that kicks in if the employee out-of-pocket expense exceeds
$10,000. The plan will still come in at 30% to 40% less expensive
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If
you have a healthy group of 21 or more employees, you can save
a substantial amount on your group health insurance costs. You
can even get some of your premium returned!
It doesn't
sound fair - If your group generates a lot of large claims
you will end up with the highest rates the company can legally
offer. However, if you do not present any major claims and have
a relatively healty workforce, you do not find the insurance company
sending you back some of your premium each year.
This can all change.
We have plans that will reward you for moderate claims (we do
expect the employees to use the plan). In many instances we can
save 30% or more under comparable PPO plans. These are not minimal
plans. They are full PPO plans with doctor visits, prescriptions,
etc. Plus, they can be used nationally in case you have employees
in other states.
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