Medical Help For Single Mothers

Medical healthcare coverage is available if you know where to look. Learn more about different programs, costs, and different kinds of coverage plans to decide which one would suit your family’s needs best.



Tips to Catch Healthcare Billing Errors

August 4, 2011

If you’re lucky enough to be covered by a medical insurance company that pays for all medical treatment expenses except for the amount that you are required to fork over as co-pay at the time of your treatment, you’ve probably never actually taken the time to look at the itemized statements that you received. But, [...]

What You Need to Know About Health Influences

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Many factors influence the health of an individual. Being able to pay for medical attention and the ability to afford healthy meals aren’t the only prerequisites to preventing a life endangering condition. A person must be able to understand medical advice, reduce outside stresses, and avail themselves to preventive measures in order to maintain physical [...]

Tame a COBRA To Get Health Insurance

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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act is a health benefit provision that was passed by Congress in 1986. The intent of COBRA is to allow people who might have otherwise lost their health insurance to have a chance to keep it. When someone is covered by group health insurance from a place of employment, a [...]

A Silver Lining in Healthcare Costs?

March 16, 2011

Healthcare costs and medical care insurance have been a topic that has embroiled the country for several years. Changes to medical plans provided by employers with higher deductibles, higher co-pays and higher premiums have hit the single mom with family coverage hard. But, in all the chaos of the healthcare reform and insurer backlash, could [...]

5 Ways To Find Good Medical Care

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Single mothers tend to do whatever they can for their children, but they often neglect themselves. While it is true that medical care for single parents is not as easy to obtain as medical care for your children, there are still ways to find the medical attention you need without breaking the bank. Women, Infants, [...]

Little Known Ways To Save On Medical Care

January 1, 2011

Healthcare is expensive, and sometimes even more so when you are a single mother. Sometimes you are not offered benefits at your work, and this makes it doubly difficult to go to the doctor. If you struggle to maintain medical care because of poor insurance coverage or a lack of coverage altogether, here are some [...]