| More than 50% of all Arkansas residents who | | | | for health insurance. Losing even a little weight can |
| have health insurance report that the premiums | | | | often drop you into a lower BMI rating and that |
| for their insurance pose a financial burden each | | | | can save you hundreds of dollars per year on |
| month, and a full 17% of all Arkansas residents | | | | your health insurance premiums. Losing even a |
| are without any form of health insurance at all. | | | | little weight can help. |
| Almost every day another business announces | | | | Don't participate in extreme sports or drive a |
| that it will no longer offer health insurance | | | | fancy and fast sports car. Having a career than is |
| coverage or that it is requiring its employees to | | | | considered dangerous will also increase your |
| pay a huge portion of the monthly premiums | | | | monthly health insurance premium. |
| themselves. | | | | If you can afford it, see if you can increase your |
| Clearly anyone who is not covered by a group | | | | copay. This is the cash you pay each time you |
| health plan needs to get cheap health insurance | | | | visit the doctor's office or receive any medical |
| online here in Arkansas - but before you just | | | | treatment. If you increase your copay from 25% |
| blindly start checking out health insurance websites | | | | to 50% you can greatly reduce your monthly |
| it may pay you to take a moment and see what | | | | health insurance premium. This is an especially |
| you can do to help lower the cost of your health | | | | good tactic for people who do not see their |
| insurance even further. | | | | doctor on a regular basis. |
| First of all, if you are a resident of Arkansas and | | | | We've saved the biggie for last. Your deductible. |
| you have been denied health insurance because of | | | | The higher your deductible - in other words, the |
| a pre-existing condition or if you have been | | | | more you are willing to pay each year for your |
| quoted an outrageous price for health insurance | | | | own medical treatment before you involve your |
| because of a pre-existing condition, then you may | | | | insurance company - the lower your monthly |
| qualify for a state-sponsored program known a | | | | health insurance premium will be. |
| CHIP - the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool. | | | | Some people purchase health insurance policies |
| Becoming part of this program has nothing to do | | | | with a super-high deductible of $2,000 or even |
| with your income level, so if you believe you have | | | | $3,000. These inexpensive policies do not pay for |
| been turned down for health insurance because of | | | | routine medical treatments or doctor's office |
| a pre-existing condition, or if you can't find | | | | visits, but are designed to protect a person's |
| affordable health insurance because of such a | | | | assets and home in case of a catastrophic |
| condition, it would pay you to take a few minutes | | | | accident or illness with medical bills in the tens or |
| and check out their website: | | | | even hundreds of thousand of dollars. |
| If you don't qualify for Arkansas' CHIP program | | | | All right. Now you've got a good idea of what |
| there are still several things you can do to help | | | | your options are when it comes to lowering your |
| drive down the cost of your health insurance. | | | | monthly health insurance bill, so get online and |
| Let's start with tobacco. If you smoke or use any | | | | start comparing policies and prices among the |
| tobacco products you are intentionally shortening | | | | different insurance companies writing health |
| your life and creating additional health problems | | | | policies in Arkansas. |
| for yourself, so you can expect to pay more for | | | | Remember that no website compares all the |
| your health insurance. The answer: stop smoking | | | | different health insurance companies in the state, |
| and stop using any other tobacco products. | | | | so if you are truly serious about getting cheap |
| Being overweight is a serious problem and one of | | | | health insurance online in Arkansas then you will |
| the most difficult for many people to solve. Part | | | | need to spend the extra time and make the |
| of your health insurance premium will be based on | | | | comparisons on at least 3 different websites. |
| your Body Mass Index, or BMI, which is a fancy | | | | Good luck - and good health! |
| way of saying that overweight people pay more | | | | |