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If you have health insurance through your work and you lose your job, it doesn’t mean that you have to lose your medical coverage as well. There’s a variety of ways to stay with Kaiser Permanente. The most common ways are: an Individual and Family Plan, COBRA, or a Conversion Plan, also known as HIPAA. Below are some comparisons to help you determine what’s best for you and your family.

Of the three options, these plans are oftentimes the lowest-priced option. There is an exception. If you worked for a large company (50 or more employees), then sometimes, a COBRA plan could be lower priced. Unlik

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If going back to school includes getting heath insurance for your child, then, consider Kaiser Permanente’s many different options. You can find a fit that’s right for your pocketbook, and your child’s needs.

Young children tend to need low-ticket medical services more than major medical services. Often, this involves doctor visits, prescriptions, and immunizations. If you want a basic plan that covers at least these services right up front, consider one of the “HMO” Deductible plans. Most of the HMO Deductible plans allow for doctor visits, prescriptions, and immunizations without these services being subject to the deductible. If you wa

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Kaiser Permanente California group health insurance plans are undergoing many changes due to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). We want to help you keep informed about how the federal health reform law affects your health coverage. We are pleased to announce the following positive changes to your KP California Group Plans, effective October 1, 2010. Preventive care services are now available for no charge from the first day of coverage. Also maximum benefit levels have been raised or eliminated entirely in some plans.

This group of plans includes the $50 Copay Plan, the $30 Copay Plan, the $20 Copay Plan, the $15 Copay Plan and the $5 Copay Plan.

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Regardless of which Kaiser Permanente Individual and Family Plan you are on, the cost for an annual routine Pap smear and mammogram will be either ‘no charge’ or a flat fee of $10.00. A deductible does not apply to these preventive tests, even if the results come back abnormal. However, if a follow-up pap smear and/or mammogram are needed, then the cost will be subject to the deductible, if you are on a deductible plan. If you are on a non-deductible plan, then the cost will be $10.

A Pap smear, also called a Pap test, is a procedure to test for cervical cancer in women. Generally, it is recommended every 3 years starting at age 21, or earlier if the woman is sexually active. The

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You’ve got to feel bad for insurance commissioners. As government bureaucrats, they fall into a category of respect that is somewhere slightly above politicians but below lawyers.

They are the folks responsible for enforcing brilliant laws concocted by legislators, approving increases in your health insurance rates, and creating regulations that are almost as easy to understand as Egyptian hieroglyphics. Their jobs make them about as popular as thunderstorms at a picnic.

Well, the commissioners are finally doing something helpful just for you–they are sending you back to school.

I’ll Take Short Term Disability for $200, Alex…

Actually, going back to school isn’t all bad. You might

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