When looking for a Health Insurance Plan the main problem that single parents face is Affordability. Little outside financial help is given to single parents when it comes to taking care of and supporting their children, sooo every penny counts. Every single parent wants their children to get all the health care and medical attention that they need but, they also have to make sure that they can afford to pay for it!
Here is an Affordable Health Insurance program that might help :
If the single parent is working, the employer generally has Individual Plans and Family Plans. The trouble with Family plans is that the employee is going to be paying for two adult plans whether there are 2 adults in the family or not!
Now there are health insurance programs that offer health insurance coverage for single parents and their children. One of the more flexible Affordable Health Insurance programs available is called Single-Plus-One. This program includes an Employee -- Plus Spouse or Employee -Plus Child. With this program the employee only has to insure themselves and their child/children.
Check with the employer about what kind of insurance is available to you as a single parent. The challenges are sooo great for a single parent and having to worry that their children are going to be taken care of if they get sick or hurt is certainly not something that any single parent needs!