Find Affordable Health InsuranceFor You & Your Family Phone: 310-909-6135 Get Your Individual Quote Find Affordable Health Insurance For You & Your Small Business Phone: 310-909-6135 GET YOUR BUSINESS QUOTE Find Affordable Dental InsurancePhone: 310-909-6135 FIND AFFORDABLE DENTAL INSURANCE When was the last time you reviewed your life insurance?Phone: 310-909-6135 GET YOUR LIFE INSURANCE QUOTE Find Affordable Health Insurance 2020Phone: 310-909-6135 GET THE QUOTE Health Insurance Quote Dental & Vision Insurance Quote Life Insurance Quote Travel Insurance Quote Accident & Critical Insurance Short Term Insurance Disability Insurance Quote Worldwide Protection Welcome to Solid Health Insurance Services! At Solid Health Insurance Services, we believe that the most important thing for you, and those you care about, your family and your employees, is to have affordable health insurance in California. Our mission is to find you affordable health insurance by comparing the rates from carriers such as Anthem, Blue Shield, Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, Health Net inside and outside the California State Health Insurance Exchange, Covered California. We believe that affordable life insurance and long term care insurance will protect your family from unexpected life events. We provide you with affordable life and long term care insurance comparison quotes with carriers such as Transamerica, Allianz, Genworth, ING and other carriers. What does solid mean? It means that your health, life, home and business are adequately insured. We want to make sure that your hard-earned assets are protected, so that you can concentrate on achieving your family dreams and financial and business goals. Our mission is to find affordable health insurance, life insurance and long term care insurance, which best fits your individual, family and small business needs! Special Enrollment Picking Insurance is Difficult ServicesMission StatementPersonalized Medicare At Solid Health Insurance Services, we believe that a quick meeting with us in person or over the phone will help you to establish your individual, family and business needs. Completing an insurance form without the advice of an agent can be difficult or even lead to problems with insurability. Especially now with the introduction of the California State Health Insurance Exchange, Covered California, there are many new aspects, such as possibly receiving financial subsidies and navigating through smaller health networks, to consider. Our mission is to find you affordable health, life, and long term care insurance which best fits your individual, family and small business needs! For personalized Medicare consultation and benefit overview, call or email Barbara at 310-909-6135. Videos Understand your Dental Insurance Benefits Divorce and Your Insurance Understanding your vision insurance Protect what matters most, your life Having a Baby and Your Health Insurance Biography of Barbara Kempen Business Expert Barbara’s strong sense of organization and hard work has allowed her to be a successful business expert in Los Angeles for 25 years. Handling After handling the insurance matters for a manufacturing company for 5 years, Barbara founded Solid Health Insurance Agency in 2008 and enjoys serving her community ever since. Personal Approach Her clients enjoy her very personal approach to find the best insurance package for them. Her consultative approach helps the client to understand the many different choices and helps to find a “solid” plan. Latest Blogs Why you should consider Long-Term Care Insurance? Despite the fact that the American population is aging rapidly, only about 1 in 30 Americans and about 7% of adults over the age of 50 are carrying Long-Term Care insurance. Studies show that someone turning 65 today has almost a 70% chance of needing some type of... read more Changes in Medicaid as the Pandemic Era Expires States are preparing to remove millions of people from Medicaid as protection coverage enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire. In California, the state welfare program is called Medi-Cal and not Medicaid, as it is called in the other states. The upheaval,... read more Life insurance is important to Women We just passed International Women's Day on March 8th. Did you know that 70 % of US households rely on women's salaries for financial stability? More than 40 % of women are the sole and primary breadwinners in the family. However, often protecting women with life... read more 10 Tips to Find Affordable Health Insurance in the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) TIP # 1 - Shop the insurance market - on and off the State Health Insurance Exchange- Covered California With the introduction of the California State Health Insurance Exchange, Covered California, every policyholder in California should compare their current health insurance plan with the new qualified health plans. These health plans are guaranteed to provide essential levels of coverage and comply with consumer protections set forth in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The health plans are based on the metal rating inside and outside the exchange. The health insurance plans have a metal rating – Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze – based on actuarial value calculations. For example, Platinum plans will provide for 90 percent of costs while policyholders pay 10 percent of medical cost; Silver plans will offer 70 percent coverage while policyholders will pay 30 percent of medical cost. Tip #2 - Will I qualify for a financial subsidy? Since 2014, cost-sharing subsidies and tax credits will lower the cost of health insurance premiums and out-of-pockets expenses for health coverage. Many Americans will qualify for a federal subsidy to pay for their health insurance premium, which depends on their modified adjusted gross income (MAGI). Individuals and families earning up to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level will be eligible to qualify for a federal subsidy. The Federal Subsidy depends on your family size and modified adjusted gross income, to calculate please use the federal subsidy calculator. If your modified annual gross income (MAGI) is in between 139% and 250% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) the Silver Plans are offering next to the subsidy also a cost share reductions towards co-payments, co-insurance and out-of pocket maximum. Tip #3 - Will my doctor and hospital be in the network? In 2018, there are some major changes to the insurance carriers. Anthem is leaving the Southern California region and is only participating in 3 out of the 19 price regions across the state. It is critical to research your insurer and see if your preferred doctor and hospital are in the network on the exchange health plans. For example, in 2018, for Los Angeles, only Blue Shield offers a true PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) across all regions in California. Health Net offers PPO plans across Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego at a competitive price. If you have PPO plan, you can choose doctors outside the network, but the cost will be higher than inside the network. Oscar is operating as an EPO (Exclusive Provider Organization) and not as a PPO plan ( Preferred Provider Organization). An EPO will not cover any service rendered by a provider who is not part of the provider networks except in the case of emergency care. Kaiser’s HMO network is a Health Maintenance Organization and has a managed care approach to your healthcare. If you want to see a specialist under an HMO plan, you must first get approval from your designated primary care physician. With more managed care under HMO networks, insurers like Kaiser, LA Care, and Molina Healthcare can offer competitively priced plans yet under generally smaller provider networks. Much like an EPO, HMO plans do not cover out-of-network services unless it is a medical emergency. Tip #4 - How will the insurance premium vary in California? In California the only rating factors for premiums are based on geography, age and family size. a) Geography : There are 19 regions in California, each rating area will have their own cost of care applied b) Age: Rates based on age will differ by no more than a 3:1 ratio. In the past this ration was 5:1 or higher. The 3:1 ratio says that the cost of the highest age may be no more than three times the cost of a young adult. We expect that the rates for young adults will increase. c) Family Size In determining a family’s total cost, all adults (subscriber, spouse, adult children) age 21 and above are rated separately under family coverage, and only the three oldest children who are under age 21 will be rated in the total family premium. d) Rate guarantee: Rates for health plans are guaranteed for a full calendar year, or the duration of the calendar year for special enrollment. Rate adjustments due to age changes can only occur during open enrollment or special enrollment periods. TIP # 5 Do not use out-of-network doctors Double check with your insurance if your doctor is an In-Network Provider. Using Out-of-Network doctors can be very costly, as the insurance companies with a PPO plan are only paying their standard rate and you are responsible to pay the doctor the remainder. With the introductions of EPO’s ( Exclusive Provider Organization) covered benefits are not paid for services rendered by a provider who is not part of the provider network except in emergency or plan-approved care outside the provider network. TIP #6 - Pay for Brand Prescription Bronze Plans are less costly than the other metal plan of the ACA plans. If you have a Bronze plan you need to meet the annual medical deductible of $6300 before Emergency Visits, Xray, Diagnostics, Hospital and OutPatient Medical Treatment will be covered. The drug deductible will be $500 for an individual or $1,000 for a family (per prescription drug per month). After the drug deductible is reached for each drug per month, the insurer will cover the rest of your drug costs for that month. On the Silver Plans, the drug deductible is $250 for brand prescriptions. The Silver and Bronze metal plans have an out-of-pocket maximum of $7,000 for an individual or $14,000 for a family. Once your out-of-pocket maximum is reached, the insurer will cover all of your medical expenses in-network through the calendar year. Gold and Platinum plans will not have a drug or medical deductible which helps minimize costs outside of your premium. TIP #7 - Go into Higher Deductible Plans - or Limited Doctor Visits In order to offset the steep increases in health insurance premium, many families increase the deductible on their health plans. If you do this, start putting each month $ 100 towards a saving account, so that you are able to pay your bills when the unexpected happens. With the new metal plans evaluate if a Bronze plan is really suitable for your needs. Bronze plans have a deductible of $ 6300 for medical and $ 500 drug coverage, the out of pocket maximum is $ 7000 for an individual and $ 14000 for a family. You have only limited doctor visits before the deductible applies. Please compare the Silver Plans to the Bronze Plans although the Silver Plans are more expensive they offer over all a better benefit package TIP #8 - Add Supplemental Insurance To be prepared for the unexpected add a supplemental insurance. Add a critical illness insurance, which will pay you a lump sum if you have a critical illness. Young families can add an accident insurance, for as little as $ 40 per month, or singles for $ 20 a month. TIP #9 - Always Read the Out-Of-Pocket Maximum After the deductible is reached, you have to pay a coinsurance, which can be as little as 10% for Platinum Plans or as high as 40% for Bronze Plans until you reach the Out-Of-Pocket Maximum. Inside the Networks of an Insurance Carrier’s Health Plan, Platinum Plans have a maximum out-of-pocket limit for an individual of $3,350, for a family of $6,700. Gold plans have an out-of-pocket maximum of $6,000 for an individual, $12,000 for a family while the Silver and Bronze Plans have an out-of-pocket maximum of $7,000 for an individual, $14,000 for a family. Outside the Networks of an Insurance Carrier’s Health Plan, the out-of pocket maximum can be considerably higher. Tip #10 - Contact Solid Health Insurance Service - Your Insurance Agent In order to do our job properly we keep up to date with the newest insurance plans and newest health care reform changes. We know which plans have loopholes and research the networks of each health plan. We will determine if you qualify for subsidies. We will guide you through the application process. Filling out an insurance application can be very difficult. A meeting or telephone conversation with us will help guide you successfully through the application process. Call 310-909-6135 for Free Quote We look forward to building a solid relationship with you. Please contact us at: Solid Health Insurance Service CA Licence # 0G05625 Tel: 310-909-6135 FAX: 310-633-8306 or info@solidhealthinsurance.com Barbara G. Kempen 11620 Wilshire Blvd Ste. #900 Los Angeles, CA 900265 Nick (Nicholas Bartuzik) is great. He's helped me for 3 years now. He's super responsive and digs into any and all questions I have and provides good options for me to consider. He is extremely professional and knowledgeable. I highly recommend Nick. Lauren A.11/19/2020 Nick is truly exceptional! Patient, answers every question, professional and balanced with warmth. He walked me through considerations I had not even thought about. I realized even after we concluded our call, he did research on his own to get me to the best end result. He is excellent at his career and passionate about doing well for his clients. At the first call, you will see what I mean. It is as if you are talking with a buddy who has your best interest top of mind by first listening to what is most important to you, he asks questions and then shares solid advice from his perspective. Jessice M.6/15/2019 Nick Bartuzik, very nice & professional. He helps us to get health insurance. I highly recommend him. T J.7/27/2021 I worked with Barbara to sort out my insurance and had a very positive experience. She is extremely professional and knowledgeable. Navigating health insurance is tricky and there's so much in the fine print to read, but Barbara simplified the entire process.After my previous employer terminated my health insurance (he only offered to cover the two remaining weeks), I was extremely stressed. I had two dependents under my plan (including a toddler son), but thanks to Barbara, I had no lapse in health insurance coverage. She went above and beyond to make sure everything was sorted out quickly and efficiently. Highly recommend Solid Health Insurance! Annie C.9/26/2019 Thank you Barbara!! I was recently in need of an immediate family health care plan and Barbara came to the rescue. She found an affordable option that will enable us to continue using our physicians at UCLA Health. Ivy G.9/14/2017 First of all, if you are seeking health insurance, use a broker. There are too many complications in our current system to do this on your own. The insurance bureaucracy is probably one of the reasons health care in the United States is so expensive.That being said, I want to give a big thank you to Barbara for her help with my Mom's insurance. This lady knows her stuff, and she is on the ball responding to your requests. If you give her your business, you won't be disappointed. Robert S.4/25/2021 Barbara has been fantastic to work with. My family suddenly had a number of insurance changes that all needed to happen within a fairly short amount of time - they involved switching to a Covered CA plan, figuring out life insurance options and even sorting through Medicare-related plans for my father. I understand insurance options fairly well, but knew I needed help. Barbara honestly made the process so straight forward and easy. After gathering some information about our current health and financial situation she presented a range of options for each and talked us through the pros and cons. She is friendly, organized, thorough, and quick to respond by phone or email. I can't imagine what it would have been like without her help and can't recommend her services enough. Thanks Barbara! Kat S.8/18/2018 I wish I could rate Nick Bartuzik TEN STARS for his service in assisting me. If you are looking for someone who truly CARES about helping you (financially & personally), with FOLLOW THROUGH like you have NEVER experienced - CALL Nick! From counseling on plans to following through AFTER getting my business (He spent extensive time, calls, emails and corrected a billing issue that would have cost me thousands as I had NO idea of how to fix it ). He is immediately responsive to all of my calls (even on weekends and after hours) and his interest in making sure you are getting all that you need AFTER signing up is uncommon in today's world. Nick made sure that I was aware of new pricing when my plan renewed, and all changes to my coverage with brief bullets (great delivery...since I am on the run). I cannot recommend Nick Bartuzik more highly. Outstanding, honest, responsive...thank you Nick for all of your assistance! You rock! Shannon H.1/22/2019 I needed healthcare and Barbara went over and above my expectations! She found an affordable plan for me and made me feel taken cared of. As if a friend helped me. I highly recommend her services and will refer my friends, family, and associates to her. She's beyond professional - she really cares. Thank you for all your assistance, Barbara! Joey D.4/05/2021 I cannot recommend Nick Bartuzik more! He has been such a savior in helping me secure both health and dental insurance. Timely response, great communication, and amazing explanations about which plan is best for my needs. If you are on the market for health insurance I greatly suggest using a broker, and Nick to be specific! Huge thank you!! Lauren H.11/12/2021 At Solid Health Insurance Agency , we are strongly committed to protecting your privacy. As explained in our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, we do not sell, trade, or give away your personal information without your permission, and we respect your choices about whether and how to receive marketing messages from us.
Why you should consider Long-Term Care Insurance? Despite the fact that the American population is aging rapidly, only about 1 in 30 Americans and about 7% of adults over the age of 50 are carrying Long-Term Care insurance. Studies show that someone turning 65 today has almost a 70% chance of needing some type of... read more
Changes in Medicaid as the Pandemic Era Expires States are preparing to remove millions of people from Medicaid as protection coverage enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire. In California, the state welfare program is called Medi-Cal and not Medicaid, as it is called in the other states. The upheaval,... read more
Life insurance is important to Women We just passed International Women's Day on March 8th. Did you know that 70 % of US households rely on women's salaries for financial stability? More than 40 % of women are the sole and primary breadwinners in the family. However, often protecting women with life... read more
