Temporary Insurance An Overview
ByThe short term medical insurance is a good choice for people residing in the United States who are between jobs, waiting to take up another health insurance, waiting for Medicare, newly graduated, or are on COBRA.
The main purpose of short term health insurance is to provide coverage against illnesses or injuries. Usually short term health insurance do not provide coverage for factors such as, immunizations, dental or vision care, pre-existing medical conditions, preventive care and physicals.
Citizens of U.S who are less than 64 years of age, their spouses and children are eligible to take up temporary insurance. Every person who desires to take up short term health insurance needs to fill in a health questionnaire, based on which the coverage is given.
Short Term Health Insurance covers expenses such as Hospital & Surgery Fees, Outpatient Doctor Office fees, Diagnostic & lab fees, Organs, tissue or bone marrow transplant.
The minimum time frame for which short term health insurance can be purchased is for one month and the maximum time frame that it can be bought for is 12 months. Amounts up to $1-2 million dollars are offered as the maximum coverage.
There are several companies that provide Short Term Health Insurance plans and depending on the duration and the benefits you require, you can choose an appropriate plan.
A few of the numerous short term health insurance plans are – Secure 12×3 Short Term Medical Insurance, Assurant Short Term Health Insurance and Secure Short Term Medical Insurance and Golden Rule United Healthcare Short Term Insurance.
Assurant Short Term Health Insurance can be bought for a time frame of at least 30 days and a maximum time frame of 360 days. This plan provides coverage to U.S citizens who are less than 64 years of age and who do not qualify for Medicare. Even children less than 19 years of age can buy this plan. People who are not U.S citizens need to have stayed in U.S for at least a year in order to be eligible to take up this plan. The terms and conditions of other short term health insurance plans are also on similar lines.
