Friday, November 17, 2006

Affordable Student Health Insurance - Why Student Health Insurance Can Be Cheap

Student health insurance can be affordable, and even cheap, if you choose a
plan that offers the exact coverage your student needs, and if you
understand the coverage your student has. By choosing the coverage your
student needs, you won't have to worry about paying for any medical costs
that you know your student will acquire. And, by making sure you thoroughly
understand your student's coverage, you won't be hit with any surprise costs
along the way.

The first step to finding affordable student health insurance is to ask
about any health coverage offered to your student by his or her school. Many
colleges and universities provide medical services via on-campus clinics to
students. These medical services may be available free or at a very low cost
- and what's more affordable than that?

Next, ask about pre-existing conditions. For example, your student may be
diabetic; medical care for pre-existing conditions such as diabetes may not
be offered through the school. If this is the case, consider purchasing a
smaller, additional health insurance policy to cover treatment for diabetes
while using the school-provided services for situations such as common
colds. This will help keep student health insurance affordable.

Finally, find out everything you possibly can about the student health
insurance plan and/or the medical services offered by the school. How much
is covered if your student visits the emergency room? Is your student
allowed to visit any health care professional, or is there a network of
doctors from which he or she must choose? You may think you've purchased an
affordable student health insurance plan, but if emergency room visits
aren't covered - or very little of the cost is covered - you'll be faced
with a bill that won't make the student health insurance plan seem so
affordable after all.

Know which services are available, which services aren't, as well as how to
obtain each and you'll find affordable student health insurance.

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