Health Insurance

Understanding Employer Health Insurance Plan Options

Understanding Employer Health Insurance Plan Options

Open enrollment is a short period of time, usually occurring once per year, when you can add or drop your health insurance, or make changes to other coverages. Open enrollment ranges from a couple weeks to a couple months prior to year-end usually in November to December.  This allows employers to provide a comprehensive overview of benefits offered, which allows you to make well informed changes to your benefit elections. Benefits may vary from very limited to comprehensive lists that range from medical insurance, life insurance, and other ancillary benefits like legal services and pet insurance.

Are Your Kids Protected?: Health Insurance for Children Attending College

Are Your Kids Protected?: Health Insurance for Children Attending College

With the fall semester fast approaching, there are many last-minute decisions and preparations being made for the next wave of freshman students. However, one decision that may have fallen to the wayside is health insurance for the incoming student. An important question to ask is “will my child be covered under my medical insurance once they go off to college?”