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- One of the ways you share in your medical costs. You pay a flat fee for certain medical expenses (e.g., $10 for every visit to the doctor), while your insurance company pays the rest.
- Services from licensed nurses in your own home or in a nursing home. Skilled care services are from technicians and therapists in your own home or in a nursing home.
- A coverage plan offered by an employer or other organization that covers the individuals in that group and their dependents under a single policy.
- A health problem that has been diagnosed, or for which you have been treated, before buying a health insurance plan.
- Health care services that the health insurance or plan doesn’t pay for or cover.
- Care in a hospital that requires admission as an inpatient and usually requires an overnight stay. An overnight stay for observation could be outpatient care.
- The period of time that an employer makes a new employee wait before he or she becomes eligible for coverage under the company's health plan. Also, the period of time beginning with a policy's effective date during which a health plan may not pay benefits for certain pre-existing conditions.
- The amount of money you must pay each year to cover eligible medical expenses before your insurance policy starts paying.
- The 12-month period for which health insurance benefits are calculated, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.
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- Any individual, either spouse or child, that is covered by the primary insured customer’s plan.
- The group of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers that insurance companies contract with to provide services at discounted rates.
- Care for an illness, injury or condition serious enough that a reasonable person would seek care right away, but not so severe as to require emergency room care.
- The amount you pay to share the cost of covered services after your deductible has been paid. The coinsurance rate is usually a percentage. For example, if the insurance company pays 80% of the claim, you pay 20%.
- A list of prescription medications covered by the medical insurance plan.
- Drugs and medications that by law require a prescription.
- Coverage options that enable you to expand your basic insurance plan for an additional premium. A common example is a maternity rider.
- The process by which health insurance companies determine whether to extend coverage to an applicant and/or set the policy's premium.
- The amount you or your employer pays each month in exchange for insurance coverage.
- Any person (i.e., doctor, nurse, dentist) or institution (i.e., hospital or clinic) that provides medical care.
- A request by a plan customer, or a plan customer's health care provider, for the insurance company to pay for medical services.
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