Many people do not know that there exists a short-term medical insurance option. I'll spend a moment explaining this briefly so that you will know.

Conventional health insurance (also known as major medical insurance) is the kind that most people know about. Group health plans at work are usually of this sort. So are individual (or family) medical insurance plans. To get this kind of health coverage, you fill out an application disclosing your height and weight, your use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, and all your present and past medical conditions and send it in with a deposit. When the application gets to the insurance company, they carefully evaluate all the facts of your health situation and decide if they are willing to insure you and what they will charge you for health insurance; this process is called "underwriting" and can take as long as 30 days or more. They may accept your application as submitted or they may send you a counter-proposal offering somewhat different terms; you are free to accept the new terms or not. If you accept, you'll be insured. If you reject their proposal, they will give you a refund and you will not have health insurance from them.

Once the insurance company and you have reached agreement, you are in control. By that, I mean that the insurance company is stuck with you no matter how expensive it may become to provide you with the medical care you need. As long as you continue to pay the premiums, you will continue to have insurance.

The cost of conventional insurance reflects that you are in control. The health insurance company makes you pay for the privilege of forcing them to keep insuring you.

Short-term medical insurance differs in one major way. The policy has a time limit. At the end of the time limit, the insurance company can walk away from the deal. This is not calloused indifference on their part nor cruel. It is just part of the contract. Because they can rely on this method to limit their involvement and their costs, they offer this kind of insurance at much lower rates and this can be very good if you know you will be able to swing into another insurance plan before the time limit runs out.

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