To HMO or PPO, that’s the question. Orange County’s top health maintenance organizations experienced growth in the former and decline in the latter during the 12 months through July. The HMOs are ...

If you’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy mostly good health and/or have someone else pay for your health insurance, you might have never given much thought to the many types of health insurance plans ...

An EPO is sort of an interesting hybrid of an HMO and a PPO. It will usually require you to stick with in-network provider (besides emergency visits), but that network will usually be larger than that ...

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to health insurance. Employers can offer a variety of healthcare plans to their employees, and two popular options are Preferred Provider Organizations, or PPOs, ...

I've always preferred PPOs to HMOs because I like having a greater ability to choose specific doctors. FWIW a PPO isn't really a traditional plan since the only bills you typically see are co-pays (in ...

Choices are usually good, but they can be tough, especially when it comes to something as complex as your health insurance. For instance, figuring out if you're better off picking a health maintenance ...