#healthcare.gov “Essentials
in Choosing a Health Plan”
I was fortunate, it only took me one month to figure out
this system and get a plan. I signed on, got some financial support from the
government, and picked a plan. However, after I finally got my insurance card
from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, I realized that none of my doctors
were on the plan. Hopefully this blog should help you avoid many hours on the
phone trying to unscramble this problem.
The main issue with the system right now is that the
operators you speak with at Blue Cross and Blue Shield have little
understanding of what happens in the Marketplace. If you choose a plan from the
Marketplace, there is little to nothing an operator at Blue Cross can do, but
lead you back to the Marketplace. When you get to the Marketplace operators,
they know just about as much about the plans as Blue Cross knew about the
Marketplace. So, I spent 3 days trying to figure all of this out. Here are some
pointers to help you.
First of all, know the plans that your provider accepts.
Mine happened to be Blue Cross PPO Plan P and S. When I chose a plan, I didn’t
realize that the last letter of the plan number indicated the directory of
doctors. This is the first thing you should know when choosing! Subsequently,
S045-S is in the S plan of doctors. S023-E is in the E plan of doctors.
If you are one of the fortunate ones whom the government is
helping subsidize payment of the plan, you must choose from the Silver
Plan for Blue Cross. I didn’t know this either. I didn’t understand why
some plans were extremely high for less coverage, until an operator from Blue
Cross shared about only being able to choose from the Silver plan. Now
everything started to make sense. At this point, I needed coverage from the
Silver Plan that had a plan number ended with S or P.
Now let’s deal with the Deductible and Out of Pocket expense
vs. individual payment for doctors, specialists and healthcare. Here is the
real focus! Look only at the Deductible and Out of Pocket expense, first,
because once you pay for the out of pocket expense, nothing else on the plan
matters. The plan pays for 100% after the deductible. That I definitely didn’t
know. So, now I began to look for a Silver plan ending in P or S, and had a low
out of pocket and low deductible. I found one for even cheaper than what I paid
before with $500 total out of pocket for the year, for only $97 a month.
Basically, once I pay that $500, I pay $0 for everything else, including
prescriptions for the rest of the year. Of course, I continue paying the 97
dollars, though.
When I ferreted out all the possible expenses, this plan was
the one to choose. I hope that helps.
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