Healthcare Help For Single Mothers

Finding affordable healthcare is a constant worry for many people, but for single mothers already on a budget, it can seem impossible. We want to help single moms like you learn more about the healthcare coverage you need, as well as plans that are available. Furthermore, we want to provide you with other helpful tips about searching for coverage and lowering the costs of coverage for your family so that searching for healthcare won’t seem so impossible anymore.

AmeriPlan Makes Vision Care Affordable

May 16, 2011

If you cannot get vision coverage through your traditional health insurance provider, you may want to look into AmeriPlan Vision Care. This is not health insurance, but it is a discount program that can make vision care far more affordable, particularly if you have big vision needs in your family. For the single mom who [...]

Appeal a Denial of Claims-It’s Your Right!

April 28, 2011

By the time the single mom, who is lucky enough to have health insurance coverage for her family pays the insurance premium, meets the deductible, and contributes her portion of the co-pay that the insurer dictates, she has already spent a lot of money. A notice that the claim for insurance payment for medical treatment has [...]

Tame a COBRA To Get Health Insurance

April 11, 2011

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 [...]

The Affordable Care Act

March 31, 2011

The Affordable Care Act has changed some areas of healthcare insurance and can be a benefit for the single mom who understands what has been implemented and her eligibility of the new provisions. The attention on the political disagreement of healthcare reform has left a lot of people without the facts they need to receive [...]

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 [...]

Can You Benefit From a Prescription Drug Discount Card?

March 14, 2011

Does your healthcare insurance cover the drug that your doctor prescribed? If you don’t have health insurance drug coverage, how big of a hit to your budget will the drug make? Single moms are often faced with the dilemma of asking their doctors to prescribe a medication for an illness in the family based on [...]

Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan Sees New Changes

February 22, 2011

PCIP, the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan has new options for those who are enrolled in a program that is federally administered through the Office of Personnel Management. As of January 1, 2011, the federally run plan was available in 23 states and the District of Columbia. In some states, the plan is run by the [...]

Medicaid Programs for Kids and Pregnant Women

February 19, 2011

If your kids are uninsured, a simple broken bone or hospital stay for pneumonia could break your carefully balanced budget. As a single mom, living without insurance is dangerous, yet if your work does not offer it, you may not be able to afford it. In many states, Medicaid can help. Medicaid was once a [...]

Dental Care Help May Be Available During February NCDHM

February 16, 2011

The importance of oral health is not a secret to most single moms, but finding a way to pay for the dental care the child needs can be a frustrating endeavor. Dental care is expensive and even for the single mom who has a dental insurance plan. The dental benefit is often limited to a [...]

Checklist for Medicare Recipients

February 8, 2011

While Medicare is designed primarily for elderly individuals, some single moms, particularly those with disabilities, can qualify for the program. If you do, there are a few things you need to do after you are successfully enrolled to ensure you get the most out of your benefits. First, you will be sent an initial enrollment [...]

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