{"id":2237,"date":"2010-10-31T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2011-10-29T07:58:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T12:58:40","slug":"hsa-plans-great-coverage-with-lower-premiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2010\/10\/hsa-plans-great-coverage-with-lower-premiums\/","title":{"rendered":"HSA Plans &#8211; Great Coverage with Lower Premiums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/every-health-care-dollar-counts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2085\" title=\"every-health-care-dollar-counts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/every-health-care-dollar-counts-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/compare_hsa\/\">Blue Options HSA<\/a><\/span><\/strong> links a high-deductible health plan to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/compare_hsa\/\" target=\"_blank\">health savings account<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/compare_hsa\/\" target=\"_blank\">HSA<\/a>), which can be used to pay for qualified medical expenses tax-free.\u00a0 Monthly premiums are as much as 50% lower than traditional health plans. The HSA is portable and any unused balance rolls over at the end of the year.Lower premiums\u2014save as much as 50% off Blue Advantage\u00a0.\u00a0 Choose your own doctor from the largest provider network in the state.\u00a0 Preventive care services covered at 100%<\/p>\n<p>(1) An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/compare_hsa\/\">HSA<\/a> is automatically included with your health plan if you select Mellon as your fund administrator<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0 Mellon HSA includes a convenient debit card at no charge<\/p>\n<p>(3)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/compare_hsa\/\" target=\"_blank\">HSA<\/a> contributions and withdrawals are tax-fre<\/p>\n<p>(4)\u00a0 Annual contribution limit for 2010 is $3,050 for individual plans and $6,150 for family plans<\/p>\n<p>(5)\u00a0 Out-of-pocket maximum protects you from high-dollar medical costs<\/p>\n<p>(6)\u00a0 Secure access to health plan information online<\/p>\n<p>(7)\u00a0 Optional maternity coverage available.<\/p>\n<p>*The content of this post is provided by BCBSNC.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about health insurance coverage in North Carolina, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents.\u00a0 Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/compare_hsa\/\" target=\"_blank\">BCBSNC<\/a>). You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health.\u00a0 Call us for details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GET YOUR FREE RATE QUOTE TODAY<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/compare_hsa\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a> TO GET STARTED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Options HSA links a high-deductible health plan to a health savings account (HSA), which can be used to pay for qualified medical expenses tax-free.\u00a0 Monthly premiums are as much as 50% lower than traditional health plans. The HSA is portable and any unused balance rolls over at the end of the year.Lower premiums\u2014save as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,49],"tags":[23,331,141,27],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","category-blue-advantageblue-options-hsa","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shielf-of-north-carolina","tag-health-savings-account","tag-hsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3836,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions\/3836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}