{"id":42942,"date":"2015-10-06T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/a-fun-way-to-help-people-make-a-serious-health-insurance-decision\/"},"modified":"2015-10-07T14:36:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:36:21","slug":"una-manera-divertida-de-ayudar-a-las-personas-a-tomar-decisiones-serias-sobre-el-seguro-de-salud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/una-manera-divertida-de-ayudar-a-las-personas-a-tomar-decisiones-serias-sobre-el-seguro-de-salud\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fun Way to Help People Make a Serious Health Insurance Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 6, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; People buying or renewing their health insurance through the exchanges will be able to begin picking a plan for 2016 in less than a month. Which plan they choose could make a big difference in how much or how little they spend on health care next year.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150917\/267578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150917\/267578<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>To help people shop wisely for health insurance that meets both their health and budget needs, the National Health Council has created an interactive game at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puttingpatientsfirst.net\/explore_my_options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">puttingpatientsfirst.net\/explore_my_options<\/a> to show how unexpected life experiences \u2013 a broken leg, a serious car crash, an unexpected medical diagnosis, even a shark attack (!) \u2013 can affect their health costs.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the website spin a wheel to explore how unexpected life events affect the number of doctor visits, hospitalizations, and medications a person may need in a year. A chart appears listing how annual out-of-pocket costs vary depending on the scenario and whether a person has a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum health plan.<\/p>\n<p>The game is a fun way to learn how to avoid costly mistakes when selecting health insurance. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puttingpatientsfirst.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PuttingPatientsFirst.net<\/a> also includes a personalized out-of-pocket calculator where people can put in their own unique health information and generate a customized report showing how the different types of plans offered in their state affect their out-of-pocket costs. In addition, the report now comes with a How-To Guide in both English (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OHGNLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OHGNLc<\/a>) and Spanish (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1LooQ0U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1LooQ0U<\/a>), which explains what to consider when picking a health insurance plan. <\/p>\n<p>Shopping for health insurance is serious business. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puttingpatientsfirst.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PuttingPatientsFirst.net<\/a> adds a little bit of fun to the process and is the perfect first step to understanding health insurance options in each state. <\/p>\n<p><b>About the NHC \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalhealthcouncil.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.nationalhealthcouncil.org<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1920, the National Health Council (NHC) is the only organization that brings together all segments of the health community to provide a united and effective voice for the more than 133 million people living with chronic diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers. Made up of more than 100 national health-related organizations and businesses, its core membership includes the nation&#8217;s leading patient advocacy organizations, which control its governance. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 6, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; People buying or renewing their health insurance through the exchanges will be able to begin picking a plan for 2016 in less than a month. Which plan they choose could make a big difference in how much or how little they spend on health care next year.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150917\/267578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150917\/267578<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>To help people shop&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud","category-titulares"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}