Plan For Your Health
Mar. 18, 2008 by Lisa Currie
Once you’re out of the safe haven that is Wesleyan, taking care of your health becomes even more your own responsibility and yes, more challenging. A few of those challenges might include:
- choosing from an array of insurance and other health care benefit options offered by your employer (or having to buy your own insurance)
- finding a primary care physician, a dentist, a gynecologist, and other specialists (maybe even in a new city)
- perhaps coordinating health benefits with your partner
- considering your needs for the long term, as you decide whether to have a family, how
you want to live when retired, etc.
It’s complicated, but not impossible to learn. You are smart enough to earn a Wesleyan degree; you CAN figure this out!. Aetna Insurance and the Financial Planning Association have developed a free booklet to help you get savvy about your health benefits. Called “Navigating Your Health Benefits for Dummies“, you can order yours free from PlanForYourHealth.com. Check it out!