Collaborating on Health Plans from the Mountains

An "online Health Mgmt Consultant" posted a great story of collaboration (not to mention customer service)... in his words:

"...while I was hiking up Mt.Sto.Tomas, a good friend sent me a TXT message asking me to help him crunch some numbers for a provincial health insurance scheme. [...] I rushed down the mountain, hitched a ride with a truck hauling cabbages and got to an internet cafe by 2pm. We crunched some numbers online using Google Spreadsheet and we generated this spreadsheet. There was actually a chat window right beside the spreadsheet so we could exchange notes as we were building up the spreadsheet."

There's way too little information on that blog to understand the spreadsheet in depth (or the author), but the story is fun.

Site:	thinklab.com.ph
Page/Post:	Online Health Management Consultancy
Spreadsheet:	Sample Health Micro insurance

Comparing Health Insurance Plans

Here's a great use of a spreadsheet calculator... tell me which health plan is best for MY situation. Marc Hedlund posted a great spreadsheet and a great description along with it on the blog Wheaties for Your Wallet back in November, 2006. If you plan on using this one, you should copy the spreadsheet using the "Get Your Own Copy" link below - this way you can update the assumptions as intended by the author.

Site: Wheaties for Your Wallet
Page/Post: Getting Health Insurance...
Spreadsheet: Comparing Health Insurance Plans
Copy of Spreadsheet: Click Here to get your own copy (this one will open as a copy in your own Google Docs account)