Basic medical expense policies provide for medical expenses
that result from accidents and sickness. This is a loose term that refers
to various medical, hospital and surgical benefits.
The broad category of medical expense coverage provides
a wide range of benefits for hospital, surgical and medical care. Other
benefits may apply as well, such as private nurses, convalescent care,
and more.
Policies may be written as such that they may be limited
to only one or two types of coverage like hospital or miscellaneous
medical costs or surgical expenses. These are known as basic plans.
Other, more broadly written, policies may cover all expenses resulting
from accident or illness using some specific exceptions.
Medical plans include fee-for-service wherein doctors
and other providers receive a payment that does not exceed their billed
charge for service provided. Prepaid plans provide medical or hospital
benefits in the form of service rather than dollars.
Many things need to be considered when selecting a medical
expense plan such as:
Specified coverage versus comprehensive care.
In other words does the plan feature only specific benefits or is
the coverage comprehensive?
Any provider versus a limited number of providers.
Are you required to choose from a specific list of providers?
National versus regional operation.
Is the plan limited to a specific geographical region or operate nationwide?
Insured versus subscribers. Are
participants considered insureds (the person who receives the benefit)
or subscribers (the person who is paying the premium)?
The broad definition of basic medical expense insurance
in most states includes hospital, medical and surgical expenses. The
purpose of this type of insurance is to cover a broad range of medical,
hospital and surgical expenses as well as separate categories of medical
expenses.
Both individual and group policies are available to
consumers.
Complete
Health Discount Plan
Benefits include savings on physician care, prescriptions, dental and
vision, chiropractic, diabetic supplies and much more. Additionally,
a single membership covers an entire family.
Aetna
Dental Discount Plan
This discount dental program offers discounted fees for services performed
by dental providers in the network. Members can receive the necessary
dental care to keep good oral health while paying reduced fees.
Prescription
Drug Plan
The Outlook Prescription Drug Plan includes two avenues for members
to receive prescription savings. Each member has access to the largest
retail pharmacy chain in the nation, plus members have access to the
largest mail order pharmacy
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