Patent ID: 8306832

Claim:
A method of making comparisons between a plurality of different medical insurance plans over a network, said method comprising: entering information on a plurality of cost parameters and reimbursement parameters of a plurality of different medical insurance plans into a computer database; constructing a user input form capable of capturing a plurality of medical parameters and scenario parameters and transmitting said user input form to at least one client; using said user input form to capture said plurality of medical parameters and scenario parameters on said client; transmitting said plurality of medical parameters and scenario parameters to a server; using at least one algorithm to retrieve said cost parameters and reimbursement parameters of a plurality of different medical insurance plans from said computer database, and producing a ranked comparison result of the cost of, and reimbursement benefits provided by, said plurality of different medical insurance plans as a function of said cost parameters and reimbursement parameters, and said plurality of medical parameters and scenario parameters; and transmitting said ranked comparison results to said at least one client; in which said plurality of different medical insurance plans is a plurality of different travel medical insurance plans for at least one country, said user input form is additionally capable of capturing a plurality of travel parameters, a plurality of travel parameters are returned to said server over said network, said at least one algorithm additionally compares said plurality of travel parameters across said plurality of different travel medical insurance plans.