Embedded Versus Aggregate Insurance Deductibles

By on October 7 2011 | Health Insurance Glossary | Leave a comment

The term embedded deductible means separate individual deductible. In most PPO health plans you have, say a $1,000.00 deductible plan and it has a $3000.00 family deductible. If a policy insures, say three people ( a father, mother and daughter) and two of them have medical procedures in the same year, then each must first […]

Health Insurance Aggregate Deductible

By on October 3 2011 | Health Insurance Glossary | Leave a comment

An important distinction needs to be made concerning how deductibles are computed for Qualified High-Deductible Health Plans.  The family deductible is an aggregate or combined deductible.  Each person’s covered medical expenses go toward meeting the family deductible.  Each insured person’s covered medical expenses go toward meeting this amount.  Once the family deductible is met, most […]

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