Comprehensive Health Insurance vs. Scheduled
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Comprehensive Health Insurance vs. Scheduled
Health Insurance Overview
      
Comprehensive Health Insurance is
health insurance coverage that pays a percentage
of health care costs, while Scheduled plan
payments are based upon the plan's schedule
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Typical
Comprehensive Benefit Examples
Amount
of benefits usually depends upon the plan components
selected, and the premium varies with the amount of
benefits. Non-network provisions may apply.
Deductible
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Amount you pay toward covered expenses before the
plan pays benefits $500, $1,000, $1,500, $2,500,
$5,000 or $10,000 Family deductible maximum is two
times the deductible and is met collectively by two
or more persons may apply.
Benefit
Percentage
• Percentage of covered expenses the
plan pays after the deductible 100%, 80%, 70%
or 50%
Coinsurance
• Percentage of covered expenses you
pay after the deductible 0%, 20%, 30% or 50%
Coinsurance
Out-Of-Pocket Maximum
• After this maximum is met, the
plan pays 100% of covered expenses $0 to $7,500
depending on coinsurance Family coinsurance
out-of-pocket maximum is two times the coinsurance
out-of-pocket maximum and is met collectively by two
or more persons may apply.
Lifetime
Benefit Maximum
• The total maximum amount the plan
pays up to $8 million may
apply, usually $1 million
Outpatient Benefits
Benefits
are usually subject to deductible and coinsurance
unless otherwise noted
Typical
Prescription Drug Coverage -
• Generic $15 co-pay (no deductible) Brand name $500
deductible / $25 co-pay + 20% coinsurance (Family
deductible maximum is $1,000 and is met collectively
by two or more persons)
Preventive
Services
• Mammograms, Pap smears and PSA
screening Covered from the first day—with no annual
dollar limit Other preventive services, office
visits and immunizations Up to $750 in
benefits—available from the first day
• Co-pay, if selected, applies to
office visits and immunizations
Office Visits
Covered
Office Visit
Co-pay
• $35 co-pay per network office
visit—no limit on visits
• Visits for illness, injury and
preventive services are eligible
Diagnostic
Imaging and Laboratory Services Covered
Outpatient
Hospital, Surgical Center or Urgent Care Facility
Covered
Professional
Ground and Air Ambulance Covered
Emergency Room
Covered
• $75 emergency room fee—waived if
admitted to the hospital
Health Care
Practitioner Services Covered
Outpatient
Physical Medicine Typically up to
$3,000 in benefits
Home Health
Care
Typically up to 160 hours
Inpatient Benefits
Benefits
are
typically
subject
to deductible and coinsurance unless otherwise
noted.
Inpatient
Hospital
Covered
Inpatient
Rehabilitation Facility
Typically up to 90 days
Sub-acute
Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facilities
Typically up to 90 days
Transplants
Covered
Behavioral
Health and Substance Abuse
Typically inpatient and outpatient benefits
are paid at 50% up to $2,500
• Coinsurance does not typically
apply to the out-of-pocket maximum
Optional
Features Optional features are available
at an additional cost.
Optional
Benefits and Discount Programs
Typically Dental / Vision Discount Card /
Rx Card
NOTE: "Discount programs are not insurance"
Typical
Plan Exclusions
• Charges incurred due to a pre-existing condition,
until you have been continuously insured for 12
months
• Illness or injury caused by war, commission of a
felony,attempted suicide, influence of an illegal
substance, or a
hazardous activity for which compensation is
received
• Routine hearing care, routine vision care, vision
therapy, surgery to correct vision, routine foot
care, or
foot orthotics
• Cosmetic services including chemical peels,
plastic surgery and medications
• Charges by a health care practitioner or medical
provider who is an immediate family member.
Immediate family members are you, your spouse, your
children, brothers, sisters, parents, their spouses
and anyone with whom legal guardianship has been
established
• Custodial care
• Charges reimbursable by Medicare, Workers’
Compensation or automobile carriers
• Growth hormone stimulation treatment to promote or
delay growth
• Routine dental care
• Non-surgical treatment for TMJ or CMJ other than
that described in the contract, or any related
surgical treatment that is not preauthorized
• Any correction of malocclusion, protrusion,
hypoplasia or hyperplasia of the jaws
• Charges for educational testing or training,
vocational or work hardening programs, transitional
living, or services
provided through a school system
• Diagnosis and treatment of infertility
• Maternity and routine nursery charges unless you
choose the maternity option
• Pregnancy, maternity and other expenses related to
surrogate pregnancy
• Storage of umbilical cord stem cells or other
blood components in the absence of sickness or
injury
• Genetic testing, counseling and services
• Charges for sex transformation, treatment of
sexual dysfunction or inadequacy, or to restore or
enhance sexual performance or desire
• Over-the-counter products
• Contraceptive drugs or devices
• Drugs not approved by the FDA
• Drugs obtained outside the United States
• The difference in cost between a generic and brand
name drug when the generic is available
• Treatment of “quality of life” or “lifestyle”
concerns, including, but not limited to: smoking
cessation; obesity; hair loss; sexual function,
dysfunction, inadequacy or desire; or cognitive
enhancement
• Treatment used to improve memory or to slow the
normal process of aging
• Behavior modification
• Chelation therapy
• Prophylactic treatment
• Cranial orthotic devices, except following cranial
surgery
• Telemedicine (including but not limited to
treatment rendered through the use of interactive
audio, video or other electronic media)
• Experimental or investigational services
• Charges in excess of the lifetime maximum or any
other benefit maximum
• Charges for naturopathic medicine or non-medical
items
• Charges related to health care practitioner
assisted suicide
► SOURCE NOTICE:
The
information above is for comparison purposes only
and was formulated by Lewis Fink to offer the
distinction between Comprehensive and Scheduled
Health Insurance Plans. Benefits listed were derived
from the following health insurance company's'
published plan benefit resources:
Anthem-Blue-Cross/Blue-Shield
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Blue Cross California
Humana
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Typical Scheduled Benefit
Examples
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Benefits are Paid Directly to You |
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Typically Use any Doctor, Hospital or
Licensed Provider |
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No Deductible or Co-pays |
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Preexisting Conditions Incurred within
the 12 Month Period Preceding the
Effective Date are Covered after 12
Months |
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Pays Benefits in Addition to any Other
Insurance |
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Rates Typically Cannot Increase Due to
Advanced Age or Declining Health |
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Issue Ages 18 through 64 |
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Dependent Child Coverage Available to
Age 19 or 25 if a Full Time Student |
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Guaranteed Renewable to age 65 |
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Typical Schedule Of Benefit Examples
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Doctors Office Visits |
May Pay up to 10 Doctor
Office visits per calendar year for each
insured adult and may be up to 5 per
calendar year for all insured children
combined. Doctor Office visits may be
limited to one per week.
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May be $75 per visit |
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Hospital Outpatient Visits
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May Pay for Doctors
treatment, medical supplies, x-ray and lab
tests. Outpatient Benefit maximum per
calendar year may be $1,000 per insured and
may be $1000 for each covered child.
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May be up to $250 per visit |
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Ambulance Services |
May Pay ambulance expense
per sickness or accident
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May be $200 maximum per sickness or
accident |
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Hospital Confinement |
May
Pay a chosen amount per
day, beginning on the 1st day of hospital
confinement, up to 365 days. Option for up
to $1000 per day may be available.
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May be $100, $200, $500, $1000 |
Other Benefits May Include
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Prescription "Discount" Program
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Dental "Discount" Program
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Vision "Discount" Program
Typical
Exclusions and Limitations
Typical Pre-Existing Condition Limitation
Pre-existing conditions are those medical conditions
disclosed or not disclosed on the application which
were diagnosed or for which medical advice or
treatment was recommended or received from a doctor
within a 12-month period immediately preceding the
Effective Date of coverage. Any loss due to a
pre-existing condition is not covered unless the
loss begins more than 12 months after the Effective
Date of coverage.
Typically the policy will not cover loss resulting
from pre-existing conditions during the first year
that your policy is in force. A "pre-existing
condition" is any sickness or injury diagnosed for
which you received medical advice and /or treatment
was received from or recommended by a physician
within the 90 day period immediately before the
effective date of Your coverage, or the effective
date of an increase in coverage, whichever is
applicable.
Typical Exceptions and Limitations
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war or act of war, whether declared or not ;
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intentionally self-inflicted injury;
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mental illness or nervous disorders without
demonstrable organic disease (loss due to
Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease or senile
dementia is covered);
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normal pregnancy and childbirth; complications of
pregnancy, however,
will be covered as a sickness
(this exception does not apply to Montana
applicants);
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treatment of an injury that results from your
commission of, or attempt to commit a felony, or
from you being engaged in an illegal activity (or
for Nebraska applicants, an illegal occupation; or
for Vermont applicants, treatment of an injury that
results from Your participation in a felony);
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cosmetic surgery; cosmetic surgery does not include
reconstructive surgery which is incidental because
of previous surgery due to trauma, infection, or
other disease of the involved part;
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confinement in a hospital located or care received
outside of the territorial limits of the United
States of America, its commonwealth partners, or the
countries of Canada and Mexico;
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being intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol
or a narcotic, unless administered on the advice of
a Physician
Typical Benefit
Limitations
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Outpatient Benefit maximum is $1,000.00 per calendar
year per covered adult and for each covered child.
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Doctor's office visits are limited to 10 per
calendar year for adults, 5 per calendar year for
all children combined.
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Doctor's office calls are limited to one call per
week
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Inc.
Council for Affordable Health
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