{"id":24184,"date":"2025-03-28T08:19:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24184"},"modified":"2025-03-28T08:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:19:37","slug":"he-had-short-term-health-insurance-his-colonoscopy-bill-7000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24184","title":{"rendered":"He Had Short-Term Health Insurance. His Colonoscopy Bill: $7,000."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Winard knew he needed to buy health insurance when he left his management job in manufacturing to launch his own business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first time he had shopped around for coverage, searching for a plan that would cover him and his wife, who was also between jobs at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were so nervous about not being on a company-provided plan,\u201d Winard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After speaking with an insurance agent, he decided against enrolling in an Affordable Care Act plan because he was concerned about the potential cost. Instead, he chose a short-term policy, good for six months. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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