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By Michael Bihari, About.com Guide to Health Insurance

Preparing for Open Enrollment

Thursday September 17, 2009

If you or your spouse have health insurance through your employer, you may soon find yourself in "open enrollment," or the time of year when you can review your current benefits and decide if you'd like to change your plan.

As much of a pain as this can be -- it sounds about as exciting as taxes, right? -- picking the best health insurance plan for you and your family is critical. Planning to have a baby soon? Need new eyeglasses? Struggling to make ends meet? There are so many factors to consider when selecting health insurance. Make sure you do it right:

Open Enrollment in 5 Steps: How to Decide

Why Should You Care?

What Are Health Savings Accounts?


Comments
September 18, 2009 at 3:23 pm
(1) Robert says:

This is an important time for employees. DO NOT WAIT to speak to your HR person about open enrollment.

September 18, 2009 at 4:07 pm
(2) hcg diet weight loss says:

i think you are very smart and you are 100% right your a very smart person we need more ppl like you in this world

September 24, 2009 at 3:31 am
(3) Steve Brown says:

Yes one should take all this neccessary actions in right time to make sure everything goes right

October 5, 2009 at 10:31 am
(4) Ralph D Bredahl says:

Good article. reminding us to be proactive

October 22, 2009 at 9:51 am
(5) Anne Piervincenzi says:

IMPORTANT!!! There IS another exception to changing your insurance company outside of open enrollment — enrollment in a state-run pharmacy-assistance program makes you are eligible to change outside the open-enrollment period.

October 29, 2009 at 12:56 am
(6) Mike says:

Health Savings accounts are the best way to lower health insurance premiums and save for future healthcare expenses at the same time. Visit this site for information about HSAs and an Illinois health insurance quote.

October 30, 2009 at 6:18 am
(7) Aaroncyril says:

These days insurance is must for each and every individual Now a days insurance is not only for health securities but we also an investment.

November 10, 2009 at 5:49 pm
(8) Seattle Bellevue Renton HCG Diet & Weight Loss says:

Health care savings accounts can be a vital component, but I think people have a hard time setting and budgeting an appropriate amount. For instance, a couple with kids and regular expenses certainly benefit, but what about for a healthy, single adult? Here, health care accounts can be more vexing.

November 13, 2009 at 5:25 am
(9) Jemerin says:

Nice post, thanks for sharing this wonderful and usefull information with us.

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