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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Short Term Insurance Policy An Overview

By Ray Sondeo

The temporary insurance is a good choice for people residing in the United States who are between jobs, waiting to take up another health insurance, waiting for Medicare, newly graduated, or are on COBRA.

Short Term Health Insurance can provide insurance against possible illnesses or injuries and do not typically include benefits such as preventive care, physicals, immunizations, dental or vision care and pre-existing medical conditions.

People who are residents and citizens of U.S and less than 64 years qualify to purchase temporary insurance. It is mandatory for all the people who are interested in purchasing this plans to fill in their details in a short health qualification questionnaire to determine their eligibility for the plan.

Short term health insurance provides coverage for different aspects, which include Diagnostic & lab fees, Organs, tissue or bone marrow transplant, Hospital & Surgery Fees and Outpatient Doctor Office fees.

Short term health insurance needs to be bought for a time period of at least 3 months and the maximum time period for which it can be bought is 12 months. Depending on the plan, benefits up to a maximum of $1-2 million are offered to insurers.

There are various companies that offer short term health insurance plans and the policies and coverage are subject to change, depending on the plan. We have to go through all the plans and then select a plan that can satisfy all our requirements.

A few of the numerous short term health insurance plans are - Secure 12x3 Short Term Medical Insurance, Assurant Short Term Health Insurance and Secure Short Term Medical Insurance and Golden Rule United Healthcare Short Term Insurance.

Assurant Short Term Health Insurance can be bought for a time frame of at least 30 days and a maximum time frame of 360 days. This plan provides coverage to U.S citizens who are less than 64 years of age and who do not qualify for Medicare. Even children less than 19 years of age can buy this plan. People who are not U.S citizens need to have stayed in U.S for at least a year in order to be eligible to take up this plan. The terms and conditions of other short term health insurance plans are also on similar lines. - 23211

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