How To Get The Best Rates On Health Insurance In Arkansas
Health insurance is expensive here in Arkansas just as it is everywhere else in the country. In fact, health insurance is so expensive that approximately 17% of the citizens of Arkansas have no health insurance coverage at all, and with prices continuing to rise and more and more companies canceling their group coverage, the situations promises to get worse before it gets better.
If you have been trying to purchase health insurance but you’ve been turned down or told you will have to pay extraordinarily high rates because of a pre-existing condition or for other similar reasons, there may be a solution for you.
It’s called the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool, or CHIP. This is a special program created by the state of Arkansas. You do not need to be poor to qualify for coverage. If you’d like more information you can find it at http://www.chiparkansas.org.
Fortunately, for those of us who do not qualify for CHIP insurance, there are a few things we can do to keep the monthly cost of our health insurance affordable although it may be necessary to think about health...