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Supplementing Your Temporary Medical Insurance With Cash-Only Medical Visits

Posted on January 9, 2010

If you are between jobs and have lost health coverage, then a temporary medical insurance policy can help bridge the coverage gap until you get a new job that will provide you with insurance. These policies typically have low monthly premiums, but high deductibles. This means that you will have to shoulder a large portion of your medical bills out-of-pocket before the health plan kicks in and begins paying for expenses. If you have an existing health problem, such as diabetes, it will not be covered under a temporary policy, since these health plans exclude pre-existing conditions. They also do not cover pregnancy and childbirth. And routine health care such as doctor's visits is not included under many of these plans.