What Kinds of Private Health Plans Can I Choose From?There are plenty of individual health insurance plans to choose from. Here are the most common types:
HMOs (Health Maintenance Organization). HMOs are one of the most affordable health plans available — and they offer comprehensive coverage. HMOs create networks of doctors, hospitals, clinics, specialists, and other care providers. Most HMO networks consist of thousands of health care professionals, ensuring you’ll have convenient access to medical care when you need it.
PPOs (Preferred Provider Organization) . The PPO is an affordable individual health insurance plan with an added benefit — you’ll have coverage with any health care provider. That means you can see any doctor or specialist you want, and your plan will cover the care. The PPO is great for flexible, comprehensive, and affordable health care.
Health Savings Account (HSA) Plans. There are 2 parts to HSA coverage: a high-deductible plan and a Health Savings Account. The high-deductible plan provides catastrophic coverage and features low monthly premiums. The HSA is a tax-free savings account where you save money to pay for routine medical expenses.
Fee For Service (FFS) Plans. The FFS plan is the traditional form of individual health insurance. It works very simply — you get the care you need, then you’re reimbursed for a percentage of the cost.

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Case two: If I lend my car to a friend and they have an accident that they caused and they have car insurance, will their insurance cover damages or liabilties, or will responsibilty be on my insurance?

Depends on the laws in your locality, but the general rule of thumb is that the insurance follows the vehicle and not the driver. That is most commonly the case. Typically, it goes like this: your insurance is the primary for liability/damages, if your liability limits are exhausted then the secondary insurance applied is that of your friend (if they have a valid policy), if both exhaust the liability limits then the third line is the insurance of the accident victim from their underinsured/uninsured motorist coverage (if they have any), and finally when all liability limits are exhausted then a judgment to pay damages will be handed down to either you, your friend, or both (again, this varies by locality).

Seems pretty impossible for that to happen, but it does a lot more than most people realize. Especially, when one cannot count on the fact that parties 2 (friend) and 3 (victim) even have insurance. The other scenario is that everybody is carrying the minimum required by law. For example let’s say your bodily injury/property damage liability had limits like this: $25,000 payable to one injured party/$50,000 payable to more than one injured party/$25,000 payable for property damage.

Okay, so your friend has a wreck and hits a new Mercedes Benz and totals it, guaranteed $25k property damage won’t be enough to cover property damage liability. And if they took out a telephone pole or damaged other property besides the car then that must be paid for too.

Say there are 2 people in that car and they are badly hurt (or really good actors/hire an aggressive attorney) and they sue for a $1,000,000 and win. That $50k limit is a drop in the bucket. Even with all 3 parties insured, you can see how quickly the money runs out.

So most all auto insurance Liability policies will cover a licensed driver who drives with your permission and conversely, your liability insurance generally will cover you if you drive a friend’s car as secondary insurance. Some car insurance policies will however state specifically that no other person is covered when driving your car or have other exclusions. It is always best to check your policy and even with your agent before allowing a friend to drive your car.

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