Health Insurance: Consider Raising Your Deductible

“Ways to Lower Your Group Health Insurance Premiums FAST.”

If you have a current deductible below $2500, consider raising it.  Premiums are certain, claims are not.  Policies today are priced to favor higher out-of-pocket costs in general.  While this may be an uncomfortable trend – it is even more uncomfortable to be on the wrong side of the trend.  For example, $200 and $500 deductible plans are becoming less and less common due to the premium trade off.  If you have a low deductible plan, you may be costing yourself more in premium than it’s really worth.