While all of us have or want to have some type of health insurance, be it short term health insurance, visitors insurance, or comprehensive long term insurance, we rarely wonder about how insurance actually works. Let us look at some of its basic principles. The rationale behind insurance is the minimizing of risk. It corresponds [...]

In a sign of the times, companies are expanding their short term health insurance coverage. Several companies have recently announced the extension of their short term health insurance plans to other states where they were not present earlier. This indicates a trend toward short term coverage for people who are out of a job, and [...]