Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Health Insurance
Health insurance, just like insurance in general, is a form in which people collectively pool their risk of incurring medical expenses. This collective is usually publicly owned or organized on a non-profit basis for the benefit of the members of the pool. In some countries, these health insurance pools are allowed to be managed by for-profit pools. Depending on the type of coverage, health insurance just about covers anything that can go wrong with you physically and sometimes mentally.
Why do we need health insurance? We never know what medical or health problems may arise just living day to day. From broken bones to terminal diseases, the costs of treatment alone are enough to bankrupt even people who are financially stable. Medical bills are the number one cause of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 personal bankruptcies.
Typically, you can get health insurance as a benefit of working for an employer that provides this plan. If you are self-employed or not employed, you can purchase health insurance plans on your own.
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You should right a post about temporary health insurance. I need to brush up on my health insurance skills.
ReplyDeleteHah. So typical. I saw one like this in the paper the other day where crims were putting the BANKSTERS in the jail. Maybe one day it will be real news and not just a picture. Anyway, nice post-- saved!
ReplyDeleteWell, that's a rather depressing end to the adventure there.
ReplyDeletegreat explonation
ReplyDeleteNice post, thanks for sharing us!
ReplyDeleteInformative post. Good to know
ReplyDeleteEven though i'm in the UK, i still found this very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHah! kinda funny one. I'm from Holland tho, where you HAVE to have an health insurance, much better system opposed to America imho. Nice post man!
ReplyDeleteGod i really need to get back on health insurance
ReplyDeletevery helpful for people with no plans
ReplyDeleteI am trying to shop for car insurance. Sure is a pain.
ReplyDeleteMan, I didn't knew health insurance was such a hassle to get in the US...
ReplyDeletevery nice info :)
ReplyDeleteThat pic is depressing. lol
ReplyDeletehaha, true flowchart.
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ReplyDeletewell US insurance system suck
ReplyDeletei dont understand why so many are against Obama's plan. The nantion should unite and stand behind him and force the congress and the opposition.
Hmm its a big risk without health insurence so better to get some
ReplyDeleteah thanks, i think i'll need this
ReplyDeleteHah good one
ReplyDeletenice blog,,interesting post..:)
ReplyDeleteJees.... thats alot of info!
ReplyDeleteeverything ends with "the end" lol
ReplyDeleteThere are so many loopholes in health insurance. Such a pain.
ReplyDeletelove it!
ReplyDeleteI might have to get me some health insurance soon, been feeling like death for weeks.
ReplyDeleteHealth insurance greatly relies on scales of economy due to its collective risk pooling nature.
ReplyDeleteHealth insurance is a real pain in the rear in the US. It's seen as more of a privilege than a necessity. Lots of working class people are left without adequate health coverage, so it's not an issue of wanting something for nothing.
ReplyDeleteahahha lol'd
ReplyDeletenice blog dude..veri interesting
ReplyDeleteI'm Canadian. I always have a happy ending.
ReplyDeleteIn portugal we have "almost" free health care, but we use health insurances too as a way to get the treatment faster and with private clinics involved.
ReplyDeleteawesome pic!
ReplyDeletenice comic
ReplyDeleteintresting
ReplyDeleteI really like that comic!
ReplyDeleteThe US system is so confusing..
ReplyDeleteyou forgot the post, uplifting step: person gets denied by health insurance and dies, mother takes insurance to court and sues for millions, jury sides with mother every time and she wins. Insurance company still not down because not enough people understand their policies fully
ReplyDeleteThat comic is perfect, haha
ReplyDeletegreat post with a nice pic. great blog as always
ReplyDeletelol so true. Unemployed people get the shaft.
ReplyDeleteI want coverage for the sickness i get from dealing with the Health Insurance.
ReplyDeleteLoved the comic style of the adventure hehe
ReplyDeleteI found this hilarious.
ReplyDeletecool!
ReplyDeletethanx!
it's getting more and more expensive each year, sad
ReplyDeletekewl, thnks for the info :)
ReplyDeletehaha the comic is great D:
ReplyDeleteHealth Insurance is Health Insurance
ReplyDeletei guess everyone ends up in the same place in the end
ReplyDeleteFunny picture! :D
ReplyDeleteSo many arrows O_O
ReplyDeleteNice info, I am Canadian so I have no worries about my Health care :D
good to known, a comic book
ReplyDeletegood tips
ReplyDeleteVery informative, thanks.
ReplyDeletehaha i like the comic!
ReplyDeleteawesome!
ReplyDeleteI really need to find a way to get insurance...
ReplyDeletealready got me some :)
ReplyDeletevery good info, i like the pic
ReplyDeletelooks like obama-care will end, what do you think that will do?
ReplyDeleteI need better health insurence.
ReplyDeleteFunny and true comic.
ReplyDeleteSo much info! thanks
ReplyDeletepersonally, i think they should have national car insurance, not health insurance lol
ReplyDeleteGood information for everyone, thanks!
ReplyDeletePretty cool. You should post about how exactly insurance works. Like the math involved. Economics of it etc.
ReplyDeletevery glad my job offers health insurance
ReplyDeletehehehe, I'd like to be injured in my job, lol
ReplyDeletethanks for this
ReplyDeleteCool story :)
ReplyDeletehahaha good one :D
ReplyDeletesaved that flowchart, thanks!
nice flowchart
ReplyDeleteIt's like SiCKO but a nice flow chart form heh
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