| If you have ever been without health insurance, you | | | | something for nothing, after all. They are businesses |
| know how scary that can be - well, try being a single | | | | just like a grocery store or gas station and there is a |
| parent and being without health coverage! Finding | | | | profit margin to be considered. That having been said, |
| cheap health insurance for single mothers is not easy, | | | | they do try to provide cheap health insurance for |
| but it is possible. | | | | single mothers, but cheap does not equal free and as |
| One of the things that you will have to face when | | | | a consumer, you must be aware of this fact. |
| shopping for cheap health insurance for single mothers | | | | Finally, when looking for affordable health insurance, |
| is this: a low deductible is NOT your friend. Yes, that is | | | | take the time to do a fairly in depth search on my |
| right. I said that a low deductible is not necessarily a | | | | personal favorite shopping venue - the Internet. You |
| good thing and the reason is that when you have a | | | | can enter the keywords into your favorite search |
| low deductible, you have higher rates. It's one of | | | | engine and get started on your journey of discovery. |
| Newton's laws of physics: for every action, there is an | | | | You will want to take the time and do a careful |
| equal and opposite reaction. So you will have to | | | | comparison of the different plans that are available, |
| swallow a higher deductible in order to get lower | | | | taking into consideration the premium rates versus the |
| premium rates. | | | | deductible and co-pay offsets. |
| And another casualty in the struggle for cheap health | | | | Some states have low cost coverages for either |
| insurance for single mothers is the co-pay. This is the | | | | single parents or low income families, but these are not |
| portion of the doctor's office visit that you will have to | | | | as common as cheap health insurance for single |
| pay. When you have a low co-pay, again, your rates | | | | mothers and you have a better chance of finding |
| will be higher because the insurance company has to | | | | coverages with a more conventional insurance plan. |
| offset the premium loss. Be advised that you will have | | | | Look at the larger companies first, as they have the |
| to pay that higher co-pay and that is that. | | | | means to offer a wider range of programs and |
| Insurance companies are not in the business of giving | | | | premiums. Good luck! |