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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Many Millions Of People In The Us Require Affordable Health Insurance

By William Hazelhurst

In the run up to the 2008 presidential election in the US medical insurance featured prominently among the issues which were debated. All too many Americans lack proper medical insurance either because they cannot afford it or because some insurance companies simply do not provide products which are aimed at low income families. Many people who are presently unemployed or who have been laid off recently wonder if there is anything they can do to get an effective health insurance policy.

Just like millions of people in America you may be one of those people the insurers are not targetting and without a medical plan it is not easy to afford the services of any medical service provider. And we are not just talking here about such things as the cost of having complex surgery but are considering simply being able to pay for a visit to the doctor's office.

For people without any plan then one possible answer is to think about temporary or short term health insurance which is principally designed to cater for gaps in medical cover, for example when you are between jobs, and ordinarily supplies cover for periods of up to one year. It is simple enough to apply for short term health insurance and it can give you very good cover for several months until you are able to get suitable longer term cover.

But there is one catch with short term plans and that is that they will not usually cover any medical condition or disease which you are presently suffering from, or have recently suffered from, which if generally referred to as a pre-existing condition. The rules here do vary from on state to the next and so you must check to see whether this presents a problem in your own particular case. Nonetheless, if you are healthy, temporary medical insurance can offer you protection against the cost of future sickness and accidents.

Coverage for emergencies, routine checkups, medicines and tests is available through a short term health insurance plan and this is one easy, quick and affordable way to get medical cover for yourself and your family today.

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