Health Insurance
2009 Best List: Insurance
Best Insurance Sites. They’ve got you covered
From Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, December 2009
Best Insurance Sites
You Need: Health-Insurance Quotes
Where to Find it: EHEALTHINSURANCE.COM
Why we Like it: You’ll find quotes for most major health insurers, plus a way to compare coverage. Also, find plans that include your doctor.
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You Need: Health-Coverage Information
Where to Find it: COVERAGEFORALL.ORG
Why we Like it: Offers strategies and resources to help low-income people and those with medical conditions find health insurance.
You Need: Life-Insurance Quotes
Where to Find it: ACCUQUOTE.COM
Why we Like it: A quick way to get term-insurance rates from many top firms. Call 800-442-9899 for personalized help.
You Need: Medicare Part D
Where to Find it: MEDICARE.GOV/mpdpf
Why we Like it: The best tool for comparing Medicare Part D prescription-drug policies. You’ll see premiums and co-pays for Part D plans.
You Need: Medicare Advantage
Where to Find it: MEDICARENEWSWATCH.COM
Why we Like it: The Costshare Report analyzes the best in Medicare Advantage plans in your area for three different health categories.
You Need: Auto Insurance
Where to Find it: INSWEB.COM
Why we Like it: Provides price quotes from several major insurers and makes it easy to see how much you’d save by changing your coverage.
Best Annuity Source
Find info on lifetime income. To provide income for life, more retirees are buying annuities. ANNUITYSHOPPER.COM lists quotes for most of the top companies and shows how much you’d need to invest for a given stream of monthly income. You can also see how payouts compare for annuities that last for your lifetime only, your lifetime and that of a spouse, or for a certain number of years.
Reader Comments (6)
Posted by: Steve at 12/14/2009 10:42:58 PM
Ehealth is fine, but I had a better experience with benepath.com because I got online quotes and help from a local agent. When I called ehealth to get more info, you could just tell you were talking to a call center. The guy was nice enough, but he really didn't know anything about Philadelphia. My agent...really knows his stuff and he is right here in Philly. It was an easy decision to use him over ehealth.
Posted by: mark at 12/21/2009 04:39:56 PM
Another great site is InsureMonkey.com...The site is as comprehensive as eHealth but easier and more friendly to use.
Posted by: Mattie at 01/05/2010 10:06:57 PM
One of my favourites that was recommened to me is Insurewish.com - it offers a great way for people to help find and compare quality, affordable insurance plans. They have one of the largest selections of insurance providers online. It helped me. Very pleased with the service.
Posted by: Linda at 01/05/2010 11:48:42 PM
I agree with with your choice of COVERAGEFORALL.ORG - Great site. Thank You
Posted by: Susan Elias at 01/07/2010 03:52:17 PM
Thank you for the list, I just checked them all out. My favourites on your list are coverageforall.org , medicarenewswatch and Insurewish.com that was recommended by one of your readers.
Posted by: Mike Horbal at 01/25/2010 10:33:51 PM
Don't forget about LifeInsuranceAdvisors.com if you have less than perfect health as no one is better with impaired risk life insurance.