In different situations, you may need temporary or short term medical insurance such as, just leave school, between jobs, not eligible for employer’s coverage, contract employee, early retirement, traveling overseas and after COBRA coverage ends.

Visitor insurance plans are made to mostly cover medical expenses while visiting USA or traveling overseas. Hospital dues raise from sickness, injury or an accident could be too much and quickly get out of control. Visitors medical insurance can eliminate the risk of unforeseen expenses during a US trip or to abroad.

Short term medical insurance for healthy people is fairly cheap in cost. People also have a multiple options from which to choose, from very basic to almost complete coverage. Few people buy insurance that help when medical problems are catastrophic in nature. Most people go with temporary insurance that covers most options and lasts from three months to one year. …Click here to read more

A new study suggests that if you a family history of cancerous brain tumors, it may put you at a higher risk of developing the same kind of tumors.

In this study, published in the Sept. 23 issue of Neurology, the researchers examined the medical records and family histories of almost 1,401 people who had either astrocytomas (tumors in the brain or spinal cord) or glioblastomas that is considered a more aggressive kind of astrocytomas. …Click here to read more