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updated: Jul 01, 2012, 9:41 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

Before I begin searching for health insurance for my 3 children ( I am on medicare), I thought I would ask the savvy Edhat community for their best advice. Is there a wide range of premiums depending on the particular insurance agent or should I expect about the same results no matter who the agent is? Thank you for any helpful insight you can share.

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COMMENT 293264	2012-07-02 06:32 AM
The best bet is to contact Stevens & Assocs. They will go over all your options and steer u in right direction. They also provide a full service cusomer service department, no additional cost, that will always be there to help with claims, questions or concerns... They actually handle claims for you! 683-3636.
COMMENT 293269	2012-07-02 06:43 AM
Contact Brown & Brown 690-2601. They are a long established and well respected agency and are full service. They also have departments that can insure your home, cars, boat, and business too. A good agent will have lots of options for you and will help you to find insurance that you can afford. Brown & Brown has all that going for them! :)
COMMENT 293316	2012-07-02 09:07 AM
Anderson Financial Solutions and Insurance Services has been in business in Santa Barbara for 40 years. Give them a call at 569-7666.
COMMENT 293384	2012-07-02 10:48 AM
I also agree that Stevens & Associates is the BEST place to go when you have Medical Insurance needs. They specialize in Health Insurance and Ray, the owner, knows everything there is to know about Medicare Retiree benefits. The girls in the office are always super helpful and have actually saved us lots of money on copays that we were billed for but because of thier tenacity, ended up not having to pay because diagnostic codes were incorrectly billed. Over all, they have saved my family a ton of $... 683-3636
CORKY	2012-07-02 02:32 PM
If you're on Medicare are these children adults?
COMMENT 293493P	2012-07-02 03:22 PM
Re: children they are 20, 17 and 15. I believe they can be on parent's policy up to age 26. But not on medicare policy.
COMMENT 293494	2012-07-02 03:33 PM
California "Healthy Families Program" for the 17 & 15 year old. If the 20 year old is in college, try there first. UCSB students can enroll in "UC SHIP" program for about $1300 year.

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