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Short Term Health Insurance Coverage
By Kent Pinkerton

This article provides useful, detailed information about Short Term Health Insurance Coverage.

You could find yourself without health insurance cover in situations like changing jobs, choosing a new long-term insurance plan or waiting for a group insurance policy to become effective. Short-term health insurance is meant to protect you during such breaks. This coverage can also include your spouse and children. Such policies are normally issued for one to six months. They usually cannot be renewed, but most insurance companies allow you to apply for a similar policy when the existing one expires.

Coverage becomes effective within 24 hours of submitting the application. However, you...
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