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Need Help to select plans Hi, I am trying to get insurance for my parents visiting me. Last time they were here I had a bad experience since I bought a fixed coverage plan and I was ripped off by the hospital. Now here are the criteria: Age 69/64 There are pre-existing ailments I checked the PPO coverage in my area (CA, 91367) and it omly tells me about the urgent cares. What if I has to go to emergency do I have to look for a hospital in the network? Please help me with this. They are starting their journey on Sep 1st and I need to get the insurance before that. Thanks, Mano

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Thank you for your interest in purchasing visitors insurance. Yes, we always recommend everyone to purchase comprehensive coverage plans only. In addition to the urgent cares, there are hospitals and emergency rooms also in the network in your area. If you need any help navigating the provider directory, please call our office. You can always go out of network too. However, going within the PPO network is advantageous because they are much more likely to bill the insurance company directly and charge you the network negotiated fees which are typically lower than their regular charges. In some plans, even the coinsurance amount is lower within PPO network. In order to avoid searching for a provider in emergency, you should search for them in advance so that you know what to do when the time is critical. I hope that answers your questions. If you have any other questions, please feel free to post them here or contact us at any time.


I have been resident here since 2010, with a green card since 2011. I would like help with which is the best option for me for health insurance. I am 58 years old and for the last year I had Inbound Immigrant insurance which is now due to expire. Should I continue with this or is there a better policy? I haven't needed to make a claim so far as I am in good health and have no pre-existing conditions. I have seen a policy called "Visitors Care", which seems considerably cheaper than Inbound Immigrant - is this a better or worse policy and are there any others that are better than both but still affordable?


Inbound Immigrant is for maximum 5 years. Visitors Care is for maximum 2 years. You are not going to find anything cheaper than that. My suggestion would be to continue what you have.

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