Consumer Coverage Blog
March 10th, 2009

Are you going to call on the help of a health insurance broker to get the coverage you want and need? In this case, you need to be open about your feelings. You don’t have to tell your broker everything about your personal life, but they do need to know what you are looking for and how much money you can afford to spend. Remember, your health insurance is only going to be able to help so much without having the right information from you. 

What will I have to tell my health insurance broker? For one, they need to know what type of coverage you want. If you don’t have a clue, tell them this. It is better for your broker to know where you stand, than to leave them guessing. To go along with this, as noted above, your health insurance broker also needs to know what price range you are comfortable with. Remember, there are cheap policies, expensive policies, and those that are somewhere in between. 

It does not make sense to hire a health insurance broker and then hide from him when you should be giving up the proper information. When you shy away you are only making things more difficult on both you and your broker. 

Overall, there is nothing to worry about. Your health insurance broker is on your side, and with the right knowledge he can find you a perfect policy.