Comments on: Reining in the Costly and Meager Insurance Plan http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/08/04/2420/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:33:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: h sofia http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/08/04/2420/#comment-3959 h sofia Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:17:04 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/08/04/2420/#comment-3959 Wow; I feel very lucky reading this. I recently switched from an employer plan to an individual plan ... and I'm getting (I hope) very good coverage. We were fortunate enough to get an insurance agent who comes to our house! He sat down and went over the plans with us, and he and the DH talk on the phone about the details. When we found out about baby's heart stuff, he was one of our first calls, and he let us know what to expect as far as out of pocket costs. We tried doing the shop online thing, and calling the insurance companies directly - uggh!!!! Nobody knows anything and you can't get the info you need online. I would recommend going with a good, local agent. I didn't even know that was possible in this day and age! Wow; I feel very lucky reading this. I recently switched from an employer plan to an individual plan … and I’m getting (I hope) very good coverage. We were fortunate enough to get an insurance agent who comes to our house! He sat down and went over the plans with us, and he and the DH talk on the phone about the details. When we found out about baby’s heart stuff, he was one of our first calls, and he let us know what to expect as far as out of pocket costs.

We tried doing the shop online thing, and calling the insurance companies directly - uggh!!!! Nobody knows anything and you can’t get the info you need online. I would recommend going with a good, local agent. I didn’t even know that was possible in this day and age!

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