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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

San Diego Medical Insurance - 3 Keys to Make Finding It Pain Free

By Tim Thompson


Ask someone in San Diego if they should have Medical Insurance, and they'll likely agree that it's a good idea. But ask that same person if they're confident about shopping for insurance and picking out the best San Diego Medical insurance plan and they always say "no". They say they "don't understand" health insurance or they "don't have the time" to find the information, and there's always something else that needs to be done first.

It could be much easier if they knew 3 simple keys to make shopping for San Diego Medical Insurance a snap. Use an informative website with the tools you need, ask an expert San Diego Medical Insurance broker to get answers to your questions instead of searching, and the most important key, know what benefits you will actually use in a Medical Insurance plan.

There are a myriad of Medical Insurance websites to choose between, but not all of them will be useful in the insurance shopping process. The Insurance Company websites provide good information about their own plans, but nothing about competitors, so they are not useful when shopping for Medical Insurance. In the last few years, thousands of "Affiliate Marketing" websites have been created targeting the Medical Insurance market, and these sites trick the unsuspecting consumer into providing their contact information in order to get a quote, only to then sell that contact information to multiple insurance agents who begin phoning to provide the quotes. To avoid these affiliate sites, look for an insurance license number somewhere on the home page of the website. If you don't see one, then leave the website. Medical Insurance brokers make up the rest of the websites to choose from. What you want is a website that is located near you (at least within your state), so the information and tools are specific to what is available to you here in San Diego.

You want the website to be operated by an independent, knowledgeable broker that understands your questions, your local options, and can help you through the process. Calling a large insurance company with questions can result in good information, but only for that company's plans, not for their competitors. Large nationwide agencies are not much better, because no support person can know the details of plans in all 50 states. A local, independent San Diego broker knows about the Medical Insurance options that are available to you and can help you choose which plan will best fits your needs. So use the experience of a broker rather than trying to search for answers on the internet.

The quickest way to make shopping for San Diego Medical Insurance easy is to know what you need and will actually use each year in medical benefits. If you go to see the doctor for an annual checkup, and perhaps one other visit for a cold, then you should look for medical insurance plans that offer 2-3 office visits. Do you take prescriptions, do you have a physician you want to continue to see, how comfortable are you with higher deductibles, and how much can you afford to pay for your health insurance? Knowing the answers to these questions will make finding a plan that offers the benefits you need much simpler.

Ask someone in San Diego if they would rather go to the beach or shop for Medical Insurance and they'll say "go to the beach". Nothing is likely to change that, but knowing the 3 keys that make shopping for Medical Insurance easier, using a local website, asking a broker to answer detailed questions, and knowing what health insurance benefits you'll use, can make the search process fast, easy, and pain free. That way you can spend more time working on your tan at the beach.




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