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<\/a>\u00a0As an agency, we receive many calls each day from parents who are looking to purchase private health insurance for their child and\/or children.\u00a0 Circumstances could vary from removing a dependent off an employee group health insurance policy to saving money in premium, a child reaching maturity, a new birth, marriage and an array of different circumstances.\u00a0 The answer is YES\u2026 Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina<\/a> (BCBSNC<\/a>) provides health insurance beginning at birth.\u00a0 To apply for private insurance for your child click here <\/a>and complete the form with all information and we will immediately send you an email with the quote and on-line application for Blue Advantage.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The good news, child only policies are affordable and provide excellent insurance coverage. You can select from a variety of coverage that works in your budget, 100%, 80% or 70% plans.\u00a0 With Blue Advantage<\/a>, Plan A, you pay just a $15.00 co-payment to visit your primary care physician and only $30.00 to see a specialist, neither are subject to the deductible or co-insurance. \u00a0\u00a0Prescription drug benefits<\/a> are available under these Blue Advantage<\/a> plans with only a $10.00 co-payment for generic drugs, $35.00 for preferred and $50.00 for non-preferred and 25% co-insurance for specialty drugs.\u00a0 Plan B and C require a deductible before prescription co-payments begin, Plan A does not.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Another common question, this coverage is for my child but I will be the one paying for it, is that possible?\u00a0 Yes, it is\u2026\u2026\u2026 When completing the payment section of your application, upon approval, it will ask if the billing address is different from the mailing address and you simply check yes.\u00a0 Often times, the child could be away at college, but the parent or grandparent wants the bill so they can make payment.\u00a0 The payment section can have any checking account or credit card number even though the coverage is not for them.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What if my child travels out of state, is their coverage still in full force and effect?\u00a0 Yes, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina of NC<\/a> has reciprocal agreements with Blue Cross<\/a> in other states, just make sure they go to a participating provider within the area they are visiting.\u00a0 They can also call the toll free number on their Blue Card for more information.\u00a0 Also, you can access a provider list by visiting our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0You can feel secure knowing your child will have the best and most affordable plan of insurance offered through our agency.\u00a0 We take tremendous pride offering coverage such as Blue Advantage<\/a> through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina<\/a>, a company you can trust and through an agency <\/a>\u00a0you can count on.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at 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(BCBSNC).\u00a0 <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health.\u00a0 Call us for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CAN YOU PURCHASE A \u201cCHILD ONLY\u201d POLICY? \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0As an agency, we receive many calls each day from parents who are looking to purchase private health insurance for their child and\/or children.\u00a0 Circumstances could vary from removing a dependent off an employee group health insurance policy to saving money in premium, a child reaching maturity, […]<\/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":[23,11,136,107],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","category-blue-advantageblue-options-hsa","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-advantage","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina","tag-child-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404","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=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3835,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/3835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}