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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

What kind of coverage

11:24 AM Dinh Nam No comments

What kind of coverage will help students with their insurance needs?

Students who live on campus stay in dorms. Students' belongings are usually covered under their parents' homeowners policy. Homeowners policy may not cover their electronic gear such as computers, televisions, and stereos. In case anything gets stolen, students should ask their parents' insurance agents about full coverage on electronic gear.

Students who live off-campus should buy a renters insurance policy for the coverage of their belongings. Those students who live in-campus, a thing like theft occurs often. And in case a student does get robbed, he should take some precautious to make sure that this unfortunate event does not happen again.

Any student should know that leaving their belongings unattended, even in the library, can be easily stolen since no one is responsible to look after them but you. Unfortunately, there are many cases like that, where students left their bags or laptops just for several minutes, and when they returned it was gone. Alas, administration can do nothing about it.

Many students, especially those who came far away, live in dorms. Whenever you want to leave somewhere - whether you want to go in the bathroom or some other place - you should lock your door. Because your door won't be locked, somebody can just come in to your room, and take anything they want to, and you will never know who did it.

In case your electronic device gets stolen, make sure it is engraved. An engraved name in your electronics will help police track stolen property.

If you have valuable and expensive jewelry, do not bring them if you live in dorms. They can be easily stolen. Many students should know that from the moment they move into dorms, they should take care of their belongings right away instead of their loss at a later time. A student who has CSI, Student Personal Property Protector Plus insurance, can get replaced property in case any loss has been discovered.

According to the US Crime Bureau, theft and burglaries occur every minute. Most students have laptops since they are easy to carry, however they are easily stolen too because of the fact that they are in high demand. If you are ensured with CSI, you will be covered. Crossing Guard will help you even to catch a thief.

Any student should think more about his studies than his property, that's he should be ensured and take some precautions on how to keep everything safe. You should shop around to make sure that coverage, price and deductibles best fit you and your lifestyle. However, make sure that you judge an insurance company accordingly. If you are not satisfied with the policy you are with, try to take refund in full.

You can also check your school insurance. A student health insurance will be at better price in your school since office visits are usually free for students. Make sure you purchase your student health insurance at the beginning of each school year.

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Disability coverage

11:23 AM Dinh Nam No comments

What else do I need to know about disability coverage?

There are employers who offer disability insurance to their employers. It is recommended for you to find out about offerings of your employer beforehand. You should ask about your benefits that you will receive for your disability coverage. You should ask your employer if he includes other benefits in the disability plan like Social Security.

It is not required by law to offer long-term disability coverage. Nevertheless, most employers offer LTD to their workers. Long-term disability benefits cover 60% of the employee's salary. Before long-term disability benefits, an employee is eligible to get short-term benefits for the five year period. Long-term benefits are paid fully by employers.

While you will be receiving your employer-paid disability income, by law you will be required to pay for federal and state income tax on the benefits.

As the statistics show, every year 12% of the adult US population suffers a long-term disability case. For every disabled person, there are physical needs that should be met. Financial pressures would rise for a person suffering with disability.

That's why an employee who suffers disability can be offered disability insurance by his employer. Disability insurance will help and provide a life for a working disabled employer.

If you feel you do not have enough money to live, you should apply for disability insurance and there is a high chance you will be qualified for it. The benefit of that disability insurance is that you will get 50% to 60% of your monthly earned income before taxes.

If you are qualified for disability while working, you can be already receiving disability insurance automatically. Social Security is disability income also.

It is not easy to be qualified for Social Security benefits. According to statistics, more than 80% get rejected in their application for Social Security benefits. The appeal process could have been made through lawyers and maybe there could be luck for getting it.

To know more about what Social Security can offer, you can check more on the Social Security Web site. The benefits for Social Security do not cover even for the basic living.

You could be applying for social security disability only if you were working a long time under social security system.

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New born baby insurance

11:22 AM Dinh Nam No comments

What does mother need to know about insurance for her new born baby?

A mother to be, before the birth of a child, should prepare for her own and for the safety of her own child special insurance needs that will fit both to a mother and a child. A baby does not only bring a joy to the family but also it brings some expenses that every family should overcome with a birth of a new person.

After the birth of a new person, short-terms and long-terms needs may appear such as final expenses, outstanding debts, and emergency expenses; housing payment. Many parents, who understand that education is path to the light, start saving money on the saving account for their child. The parents will prepare education needs for their children's college tuition.

A mother-to-be also should plan all the family maintenances such as child care, food, clothing, utility bills, insurance and transportation. A new-born also needs insurance because you never know if you need to take him to the pediatrician. It is especially important for a beginning mother to know how to budget her savings and provide all the necessary needs for her a new-born baby.

Every mother should know that when the baby is born, she should add her baby to her health plan. First a mother will save lots of money this way and secondly insurance for a baby is very important because a pediatrician's visit can be very costly and sometimes even unaffordable if a child is not covered with his mother's health plan insurance.

As soon as the child is born, he is provided with a social security number and when you file your tax return, you have to list your new-born social security number on your tax return. If you don't do that, then the second option is that many hospitals can help you with that.

In order to contact the Social Security Administration, you should call (1800)722-1213. As soon as you get a social security for your new-born, you should provide your health insurers about this.

You should remember that within 30 days you will be allowed to include your child's birth to your health insurance. An "open enrollment' period is provided every year, so if you will not submit for request within 30 days, you will have to wait for another year in order to add your baby to your health insurance plan.

There are many low-income families who do not know about health coverage plan therefore their kids stay uninsured. Remember that while you are still pregnant, you should apply for health insurance policy since individual insurers have an option not to cover pregnancy at all. Across the country, many kids from low-income families are provided with health care.

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I should know about COBRA?

11:21 AM Dinh Nam No comments

When receiving your health insurance through an employer, you must know as much as you possibly can about COBRA. COBRA - Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - provides a vital bridge between group health insurance plans for qualified workers, their dependent children and their spouses when their health insurance might be cut off.

The ten things that you should know about COBRA are:

1) Under COBRA, you have to pay 100 percent of your health insurance premium and up to 2 percent administrative fee.

2) If it drops group health insurance coverage completely or goes out of business, your former employer can cancel your COBRA coverage.

3) You might receive 29 months of COBRA coverage if you are eligible for Social Security disability benefits.

4) During "open enrollment' you will have the same health insurance rights as your former employer's active employees.

5) COBRA grievances are under jurisdiction of the United States Department of Labor because COBRA is a federal law.

6) 36 months of COBRA coverage for your dependents are available during certain "qualifying events'.

7) Your coverage is retroactive to the date you lost your employer-sponsored plan, even if you enroll in COBRA on the last day that you are eligible.

8) Under the HIPPA law, COBRA can be used to protect your health insurance rights

9) You will lose your COBRA benefits if you move outside your COBRA health plan's coverage area.

10) A lot of states have their own laws that will grant broader rights in determining COBRA eligibility.

Those are the most crucial things that you will need to know about COBRA. If you want to know more, contact your insurance company. Keep in mind that when you are under COBRA, you know all the rules and specifics.

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Cobra insurance problems

11:20 AM Dinh Nam No comments

What are some problems that I am going to encounter with COBRA, and what should I do about them?

COBRA - the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - will provide a certain bridge between group health insurance plans for qualified workers and their families.

There will be some problems that you might encounter with COBRA and it is very important to know how to deal with them. Remember that if you need more assistance with this, you can always talk to your insurance agent and find out more information about COBRA. Here are the problems that you might face:

You never received your enrollment packet for COBRA:

When facing a problem like this, it is important to contact your health plan administrator or your employer regarding this issue. Perhaps there was some sort of misunderstanding with your address, so call them and talk to them about this.

Your health plan administrator must be notified by your former employer with then the next 30 days after your "qualifying event" - job termination, reduced hours of employment, death, etc...

The insurance company never received the COBRA premiums that you paid for:

In a case like this, it is very important to contact the agency that administers COBRA, the United States Department of Labor (DOL). Their telephone number is (866) 275-7922.

The DOL will be able to investigate and get to the root of the problem, even though this is an issue between your former employer and the insurance company. Perhaps the former employer missed making the payment or the payment was somehow lost in the mail. Whatever the reason is, you need TOL in on any of the problems. If not, the insurance company might drop your coverage and won't be required to notify you.

Your doctor says that you don't have coverage, even after you enrolled in COBRA and paid your premiums:

In this case, you should contact your plan administrator. The status of you enrolling into COBRA may not have made it into the computer yet.

The employer cancels your health insurance plan or goes out of business:

In this case, you should start looking for an alternate health insurance plan. If this happens, you will no longer be eligible for COBRA.

You never got the new health plan information after your employer switched plans:

Contact your plan administrator to find out why this had happened.

With no warning, your COBRA premium increased significantly:

If the plan rises for the plan's active employees, so will yours.

Your new health insurance doesn't start for 90 days and you switch jobs:

You will stay remain in COBRA for the remainder of the time.

You move out of the service area for your plan:

This way, you will lose COBRA coverage.

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Traveling tips

11:17 AM Dinh Nam No comments

What should I be aware of when it comes to traveling?

Many people worry about fitting their clothes into their suitcase, rather than trying to think about other issues. You should be glad that's not you.

Here are some tips that will help you be ready for whatever the road throws at you:

Worry about insurance.

At times, travel insurance is offered directly at the airport. You might want to check into that.

Avoid over-packing.

If you can't get any sleep in the airplane, and if you are having a long flight, you might want to contact your doctor and ask for some sort of medication that will help you sleep.

Try taking some sort of entertainment with you to avoid thinking about nausea, or having disturbing thoughts in the airplane.

Make sure that you carry cash with you - there might be problems with credit cards or checking accounts. It would be more convenient to bring cash that is welcome all the time.