by: David Chandler

Since competition in terms of health insurance is on the rise, it is
no wonder that more and more forms of health insurance are being
designed. Among these, there are few that are popular and they are
briefly described below.

Individual Insurance: Ensuring a person individually is a common
mode of insurance. One may be selective about what s/he wants in a
plan through this process. Accordingly, one has required premium is
calculated, and the insurance plan takes effect.

Group Insurance: Another type of insurance is the group arrangement.
Through this type of insurance, one is compelled to abide by what
others are going for, and this is dependent on the insurance
providers. They are the ones that decide what is feasible to include
in a plan, and on that basis, a group insurance can take place.

Indemnity Plan: This plan allows one to go to any doctor when one
needs to; there are no restrictions on this, and it is believed to
be more of a traditional plan. One does not need permission to go to
a particular health care provider. However, usually what happens is
that the member pays 20% of the total fee for treatment while the
insurance provider pays 80%. In addition to this, there is a period
through which one pays up in this manner, and then the company takes
over paying the whole 100%.

HMO: The Health Maintenance Organization is one that allows a member
to select a particular doctor off the panel. It is these selected
doctors that will deal will with members' problems. The selected
doctor is the one that will be approached for checkups of any kind,
and if there are problems with a member that cannot be handled by
him or her, the member is referred to specialists.



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