USEFUL RESOURCES
- Health Insurance Buyers Guide: (A must read)
- This guide summarizes everything on this website. I recommend you download this guide, print it out, and review at your leisure. At the open enrollment every year, I will send this guide to all clients so they have to tool to choose the best value plan for you and your family.
- 5 Tips for using new health plans -This guide provides 5 very important things you can do to virtually guarantee few problems with your health plan.
Articles by Bob Hopper
Over the past few years, I have written a series of articles about healthcare reform for the Santa Barbara NewsPress. Each article will provide insight into a specific area of healthcare reform.
How to enroll on exchange (instructions)
An important tool to help you navigate the insurance exchange. This is updated every year to provide an important resource.
Why work with agent
Always work with a qualified insurance agent. Here’s why.
There is NO cost to you and you benefit from the agent’s years of experience. Insurance companies pay agents to help you choose the right plan for now, and assist you in making future plan changes, as well as handling claims and billing problems.
Remember, millions of new Californians are being added to the insurance system, many fo the first time, and often with pre-existing medical conditions. Imagine how busy the insurance company’s 800 service line will be and how long you will have to wait to talk with a person. During the initial open enrollment, phone waits were often1-2 hours. In the future, you may not even be able to talk with a person, and be required use an email services system to meet the huge demand for services.
Tutorial on Health Savings Accounts
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