L.B. asks from Plano, TX on March 06, 2008
How Much Do You Pay for Your Health Insurance?
We are self employed so having health insurance can be very expensive. We are currently on Aetna PPO, and just got a letter two days ago that our premiums will be going up from $352 to $405 next month. This covers my husband and 3 children (7, 4, and 21 months). I am not eligible to be covered due to my pre-existing condition with type 1 diabetes. I contacted the person who got us on Aetna December of 2006 to see if there were any other health insurance with lower rates. He sent me a quote and this one is at $391 dollars a month. I don't know if this is reasonable or not, but I really don't want to spend more than $350, and would like to try to find one under $350 if possible. Is it possible to find health insurance under $350?
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D.H. answers from Dallas on March 06, 2008
Try Ehealthinsurance.com. You can find tons of options there. Good luck!
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H.L. answers from Dallas on March 06, 2008
We have Unicare, and were paying $330 a month to cover 4 people. But, just received a letter this week saying it is going up to $360/mo. I would be surprised if you were able to find anything cheaper than that, but if you do, let me know!
:-) H.
R.L. answers from Dallas on March 06, 2008
You might check Unicare as they seem to have the lowest rates although Im not sure that it will be that much cheaper...of course, the higher your deductible the cheaper your premium. good luck.
K.K. answers from Dallas on March 06, 2008
Sweetheart....with my husband's group coverage we paid almost double that!!! That was for an 80/20!! This year we did an HSA qualifying plan through BCBS (on our own...not his company)and our monthly premium is $330, however BCBS won't cover a dime until we meet the $3500 family deductible. Then we will have a 90/10 plan. So...wish I had better news for you, but we are all healthy (got the top preferred plan with BCBS) and this is the best we can do. My husbands work it was near $700 a month, so we took the risk.
H.C. answers from Dallas on March 07, 2008
I think that is pretty reasonable. With my insurance through my job I pay $191 every two weeks for 3 people and thats being employed by a hospital! Good luck finding something cheaper, if thats possible!
T.W. answers from Salt Lake City on March 09, 2008
Call me at ###-###-####. I'm licensed in health insurance and will try to find you something.
TJ
A.B. answers from Dallas on March 07, 2008
Hi L.,
I'm self employed and just went through someone to get insurance. You can call him and tell him what kind of coverage you are looking for (deductibles, monthly payments, etc.) and he can see if he can find something within your price range. He found something that was perfect for me. Here is his info...I hope it helps! He works out of Plano.
Bob Jabour
Almega Health Services
(800) 208-9164 (ext. 222)
###-###-#### (Dallas)
____@____.com
www.almegahealth.com
Good Luck! A. B.
T.F. answers from Dallas on March 07, 2008
We are covered through my husband's company. We are with BCBS and the plan is excellent. We pay $20 per Dr. visit, $20 per Rx, and we've never paid anything else. This includes a day surgery. We do pay about $4000 a year and the company pays the rest.
I would think if you accept a higher deductible you should get a break. If we had to self insure, we would certainly have a high deductible. I know in the past when we were insured by another company we did have a deductible and we never met it because we were so rarely at the Dr. Luckily we are a very healthy family.
I hope you find something that works for you.
Susan
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