Health Care Insurance Questions
I'm looking for two topics of information to further help my husband and I as we prepare to full time next year. 1. Has anyone registered and applied for health insurance through the new healthcare...
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Living in NY, we applied through the exchanges here. There are tax credits available based upon income. The rates were MUCH less than the COBRA available to us. While the coverage is a bit less with a couple of higher deductibles, the savings more than made up for the cost of the deductibles.
It did take several tries to get my account set up due to the huge numbers accessing the site. I found it very easy to navigate. I had a couple of questions and each time I called the state number, I spoke with knowledgeable people who took their time to answer my questions.
One other suggestion is to look into discount prescription cards that are available online. Most offer a decent discount on 90-day supply of medications. I looked at several to compare.
Hope this helps to answer your questions.
It did take several tries to get my account set up due to the huge numbers accessing the site. I found it very easy to navigate. I had a couple of questions and each time I called the state number, I spoke with knowledgeable people who took their time to answer my questions.
One other suggestion is to look into discount prescription cards that are available online. Most offer a decent discount on 90-day supply of medications. I looked at several to compare.
Hope this helps to answer your questions.
