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New Health Insurance Exchanges in 2010

The new health insurance exchange is going to be started up in 2010 when the American people will be required to have health insurance. The new health care law is made to experience health insurance more affordable. Many company coverages offer heavy amount of premium that the emloyees experience difficult to pay. But now if you are offered large amount of coverage or if it is more than 9.5 percent of your income, you can go onto the health insurance exchange and buy subsidized coverage there. Similarly, if you get less than 60 percent of the medical costs, you will get subsidized coverage on the exchange. If you are getting income that is less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level ($43,320 for an individual in 2010), to help pay your health insurance premiums, you could receive a subsidy. You will get limited cost-sharing of co-payments, co-insurance and deductibles, if your income is less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level. The government will propose penalty for t

Get Affordable Short Term Health Insurance In U.S.

Finding an affordable health insurance plan in the US can be tough. There are several kinds of health insurance plans. The health insurance plans that are more generally well known are: employer-sponsored group health insurance plans,individual health insurance plans and state-sponsored health insurance plans. If a person is not given the option of purchasing an employer-sponsored group health insurance plan, he will probably be purchasing state-sponsored health insurance plan or an individual health insurance plan. Many people ignore the affordable, short term health insurance plans that are available in the US. Given below are some of the frequently asked questions regarding short term health insurance. Short term health insurance lasts for six to 12 months, all depending on your requirements. Short term health insurance is an affordable way to get temporary insurance to cover your health care costs, and the health care costs of your family. What types of health care are available wi