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What is Health Insurance?

Friday, March 28th, 2008

What is health insurance? Health insurance is basically the same thing as medical insurance but with one twist. Health insurance covers the health of a person by limiting the person’s access to the provider’s network. Much like medical insurance, this is supposed to help a patient save money and time by using only one provider in the network. This however is not always the case. Health insurance costs have gone up dramatically in the last few years as more and more people need to use the network for health care. Since the insurance is going up, less and less people can actually afford it and the benefits are becoming more and more restricted, to the point where many are needing health care but either cannot afford it or can’t get it due to a very restricted network. Health care in the U.S. has reached a point of critical mass and needs to be addressed immediately so that there are more people that need this insurance can get it and have their medical problems treated by the network that is supposed to treat them instead of having to rely on charity care or no care at all.