The siren
is howling and the ambulance is shifting back and forth weaving
through the Monday morning rush hour traffic. The emergency medical
technicians are checking your vital signs and
using that “doctor speak” that you hear on television.
The pain in your chest is almost unbearable,
yet even through the hazy fog of pain your mind keeps
shifting back to one nagging
thought, “Why didn’t I buy that health plan? What
is Amy going to do? Even if I make it, there’s no way we
can afford this!”
Unfortunately, this is a scene that is
played out around the country every single day. Here
is one more husband and father
coming face to face with reality. Instead of, “it will
never happen to me,” it has become, “why did this
happen to me?”
Will our husband and father survive? If he does, what are the
chances that he and his family will resume a normal lifestyle?
Statistically, our fellow has a 40% chance
of survival depending on how long he’s been abusing his
body. Sadly, with no health insurance coverage and no
available cash, the medical
bills will likely force him into bankruptcy.
All one needs to do is turn on the TV or tune in a talk radio
program and the subject of health insurance will pop up sooner
rather than later.
Following up terrorism and the economy, the skyrocketing cost
of health insurance is polarizing our country. Our health care
system is in major need of revamping but unfortunately our leaders
have made it just one more political issue.
In the meantime, the average American continues to grapple with
the rising costs or, take a gamble like our friend and hope they
beat the odds.
What can one person do?
The first thing you need to do is realize that you MUST have
health coverage of some kind, even if only to cover the catastrophic
expenses like our friend.
The second thing you can do is to get
informed! It’s very
difficult to fight a war when you know nothing about the
enemy. Yes, most insurance plans are so unwieldy and
garbled that they
make it almost impossible to understand.
That’s where Your Guide To Good Health Insurance comes
in. This guide is not just another “directory” health
insurance providers who are advertising their products.
Written in plain English!
That’s correct! We have prepared
Your Guide To Good Health Insurance so that anyone can understand
the terminology
without requiring a law degree.
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