How to Purchase Health Insurance: Collection of Info, How-To's & Tips

The following is a list of articles and blog posts on the topics of purchasing health insurance and using health insurance once it's purchased. I shared these via my twitter account throughout 2014. For more information of this nature, consider following me on Twitter.

Purchasing Coverage

10 ways consumers can lower their health-care costs 

4 questions to ask before renewing health coverage 

Open enrollment: 5 health insurance surprises to avoid  

Got health insurance? Check. Can you afford to see your doctor? Maybe not  

Health Insurance Guide 2015: As health insurance enrollment begins, use exchange with caution

How to Find the Best Health Insurance Plan for You 

How to Get the Most for Your Health Insurance Dollar  

Shopping for Health Insurance: It's not worth the trouble: Just choose lowest premium!  

Should I Choose A High Or Low Deductible Health Insurance Plan? 

Thinking About Enrolling In Obamacare? Keep These 5 Tips In Mind  

What happens if you don't select a health plan by December 15 

How to Consumer: How Will the Consumer of 2014 Shop for Health Insurance   

A Guide to Your High-Deductible Insurance Plan 

Are consumers getting gouged on health care? 

Be mindful of hidden health care costs in medical bills 

Big Changes in Fine Print of Some 2015 Health Plans 

Can technology pick the perfect health plan for you? 

Choosing a Health Plan Is Hard, Even for a Health Economist  

Choosing the Right Health Plan 

Collection of Health Insurance Tips 

Using The Marketplace

Public vs Private Exchanges: 3 Big Differences 

Why Get Health Insurance in the State Marketplaces?  

Provider Networks

8 steps you can take to understand your health plan's provider network  

2015 Health Insurance Guide: As health insurance networks get skinnier, consumers must get savvier 

How a provider network works and how it affects your costs  

Confused by health care reform? You're not alone 

Consumers confused about what preventive care means 

How to find out which doctors are part of a health plan's network 

What to know about out-of-network care 

Subsidies & Related

Deciding Whether Subsidized Health #Insurance Is Worth The Hassle 

Do you qualify for help paying for your health insurance?  

Health Insurance & Tax Credits: What to Do at Tax Time  

Out of Pocket Costs

Do copays count toward the out-of-pocket maximum? The deductible?

High-deductible insurance plans can carry large out-of-pocket costs

How do Deductibles and Co-pays Work? (Your health insurance out-of-pocket costs)

How Health Insurance Works (Really good video how copays, coinsurance & deductibles work)

Paying thousands before health insurance even kicks in 

What are [healthcare] insurance deductibles?  

What Doesn't Count Toward My Deductible? And Which Services Are Exempt From the Deductible?

Glossaries & Terminologies

Glossary of Health Coverage and Medical Terms

Knowledge of Key Healthcare Insurance Terms and Concepts - Survey

Medicare

Free Medicare Guides

Frequently Asked Questions about Medicare 

What is Medicare? Extra Help With Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan 

General Tips

Health plan designs improve, but exchange still imperfect: 2015 Health Insurance Guide

Health plans can do the following to help their members get the most from their HSA's

Help for deciphering health plans: 2015 Health Insurance Guide 

Prescriptions, RX and Pharmacy Related

How Can I Save On Prescription Medications? 

Miscellaneous 

...got our explanation of benefits and said "This is everything but an explanation" 

Impact of Benefit Design on Cost, Use,and Health 

What Students Should Know About Health Insurance 

Why your medical bills will just keep growing 

Your Child's Immunization Schedule 

Staying Covered

5 Tips for Consumers to Stay Covered 

6 Ways Docs Go Wrong With Informed Consent 

Appealing Your [#healthcare] Insurer's Decision Not To Pay