Do you have to choose between primary and secondary insurance?
You don’t get to choose which insurer will pay a certain claim. However, if the first insurer doesn’t cover a certain treatment, or covers it only partially, you can then submit the remainder of the claim to your secondary insurer for payment, assuming the treatment is covered under the second plan.
Where does the money go after the primary plan?
It first goes to the primary plan. The insurer pays what it owes. If there’s money still left on the bill, it then goes to the secondary insurer, which picks up what it owes. After that, if there’s still money left on the bill, the member gets a bill for the remaining money.
What happens when you have a primary plan and a secondary plan?
You must make your claim with your “primary” plan first. The other plan can pick up the tab for anything not covered, but it won’t pay anything toward the primary plan’s deductible. If both plans have deductibles, you’ll have to pay both before coverage kicks in. You don’t get to choose which health plan is primary, meaning the one that pays first.
You don’t get to choose which insurer will pay a certain claim. However, if the first insurer doesn’t cover a certain treatment, or covers it only partially, you can then submit the remainder of the claim to your secondary insurer for payment, assuming the treatment is covered under the second plan.
What does microsoft’s’cover off’mean in BrE?
I agree with @Daniel that the Microsoft example is probably using ‘cover off’ to mean unveil (as in ‘take the cover off’) because the context is reserving ‘cover off’ for the new stuff. But this would certainly be a novel use of ‘Cover Off’ in BrE at least.
It first goes to the primary plan. The insurer pays what it owes. If there’s money still left on the bill, it then goes to the secondary insurer, which picks up what it owes. After that, if there’s still money left on the bill, the member gets a bill for the remaining money.
When do you use the term cover off?
In my experience cover off is being used to mean meet the needs of and is mainly used by techies or people in a project environment. I also find this terminology has just emerged. – user17581 Jan 30 ’12 at 14:43 I noticed this for the first time in late 2010/early 2011. I thought the business-person who said it just mis-spoke.