Many people have the option of contributing to a Health Savings Account or healthcare Flexible Savings Account through their employer where they also have health insurance. The contributions to these accounts is tax advantaged as they are contributed pre-tax and any amounts you don’t use are rolled over from year to year. A smart way […]

Bloomberg has a good article about how many southern Californians covered by Health Net are being encouraged to have medical procedures at some of the big hospitals just across the border in Mexico. Many patients are being offered the option of no out of pocket expense if they get their surgeries done at one of […]

Another survey has been released, this one by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, a Wisconsin based research group. Their results show that 11 percent of employers now cover medical tourism involving medical treatment outside the U.S. The survey group was 400 U.S. corporate benefit managers. Site Search Tags:benefits, insurance

One of the questions a lot of westerners have about receiving medical care overseas is “What happens if the doctor makes a mistake?” The worry is that they return home and have complications that won’t be covered by their domestic insurance or Medicare. Well, starting next year if your American doctor makes a mistake Medicare […]