Health care on less than you think : the New York Times guide to getting affordable coverage / Fred Brock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Times Books, 2006.Description: xi, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cmUniform titles:
  • New York times.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1068
LOC classification:
  • RA 410.53 B864h 2006
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Contents:
Introduction : in the waiting room -- Spending more, getting less -- Protect your health, protect your budget -- Off the job -- Health savings accounts -- The state of your health and the state where you live -- Rx for your wallet -- Mastering your insurer's fine print -- Planning for Medicare -- The threat to your savings and retirement -- Sorting out your options -- Afterword : a new framework.
Summary: ". Fred Brock shows readers how to: assess employer-based health plans and choose among the plans available to each family; shop for the best coverage at the least cost if a job does not provide insurance; compares insurance costs, eligibility, and benefits in different states; decipher the new Health Savings Accounts and understand their benefits and costs; choose supplemental dental and eye-care coverage; track down the biggest savings on prescription drug costs; master the insurer's fine print and win battles over payments to get the most out of a plan; manage the Medicare system and long-term care insurance to protect retirement savings."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index.

Introduction : in the waiting room -- Spending more, getting less -- Protect your health, protect your budget -- Off the job -- Health savings accounts -- The state of your health and the state where you live -- Rx for your wallet -- Mastering your insurer's fine print -- Planning for Medicare -- The threat to your savings and retirement -- Sorting out your options -- Afterword : a new framework.

". Fred Brock shows readers how to: assess employer-based health plans and choose among the plans available to each family; shop for the best coverage at the least cost if a job does not provide insurance; compares insurance costs, eligibility, and benefits in different states; decipher the new Health Savings Accounts and understand their benefits and costs; choose supplemental dental and eye-care coverage; track down the biggest savings on prescription drug costs; master the insurer's fine print and win battles over payments to get the most out of a plan; manage the Medicare system and long-term care insurance to protect retirement savings."--Publisher description.

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