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Essential Standard 4.00
Understand financial, credit, and insurance law
Health Insurance
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Health Insurance
Traditional Health Insurance (Major Medical Coverage)
1. What type of coverage does Major Medical Coverage offer?
2. What is the main reason for those who elect this type of coverage?
3. What is a characteristic of major medical coverage?
Annual Deductible
1. What is an annual deductible?
2. How does this work?
Major Exclusions for Coverage
1. For heath care policies, what do major exclusions include?
2. Why do health care insurance providers have these exclusions?
Possible lengthy waiting periods
1. What is a “waiting period” in a health insurance policy?
Group Insurance Coverage
1. What is group health insurance coverage?
2. Why is group health insurance usually better for an employee?
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Managed Health Care
1) HMO
1. What does HMO stand for?
2. Do HMO’s allow you to pick your primary care physician?
3. How is the majority of your health care provided when you have an
HMO as your health insurance?
2) PPO
1. What is a PPO health insurance company?
2. What are the requirements for their policy holders?
3. Can you go to any doctor that you desire?
3)HMO-(POS)
1. What is HMO (POS) type health care insurance?
2. What are the benefits (if any) of this type of policy?
Individual Insurance Coverage
1. What is individual insurance coverage?
2. What is the primary negative to this type of health insurance?
3. Do people that have health insurance primarily have individual or
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group health insurance?
Supplemental Health Insurance Coverage
a. Cancer Insurance Coverage
1. What is cancer insurance?
2. What is the purpose of cancer insurance?
3. Does cancer insurance cover other illnesses?
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Dental Insurance Coverage
Is dental insurance a group or individual policy?
Does dental insurance have restrictions on most policies?
Why are there restrictions?
What type of coverage do dental insurance policies generally
provide
c. Long Term Medical Coverage
1. What does long term medical coverage provide?
2. Why might this be a good insurance policy to purchase if you are
in poor health?
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e. Vision Insurance Coverage
1. What type of coverage and items does vision insurance normally
provide?
2. Can you select your own optometrists/ophthalmologist?
Government Insurance Coverage
Medicare
1. What is Medicare?
2. Who provides Medicare?
3. Who is eligible for coverage?
4. What is a special consideration for coverage under age?
Medicaid
1. What is Medicaid?
2. Who provides Medicaid coverage?
3. Who is eligible for coverage?
4. Do state governments or the Federal government determine
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eligibility?
Medigap Insurance
1. What is Medigap Insurance?
2. Who needs this type coverage?
3. Does the government (state or Federal) provide this coverage?
Disability Insurance Coverage
1. What is disability insurance?
2. Who pays for or provides this type insurance to an employee?
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