If you need to buy health insurance, the number of choices may seem overwhelming.

The following link offers information from the HealthCare.gov website:

How to Pick a Health Insurance Plan: 3 Things to Know

Here is a guide from Consumer Reports, a well-known independent source of consumer information:

8 Expensive Insurance Mistakes: How to avoid paying too much for the protection you need

Read the full article to learn more about these eight mistakes to avoid:

1. thinking that you don’t need health insurance because you are healthy
2. picking a plan based only on low premiums
3. carelessly going out of network
4. missing the Medicare sign-up deadline
5. picking the wrong Medicare drug plan
6. not using flexible spending accounts
7. not using your insurer's preferred pharmacy or mail-order service
8. not keeping young-adult children on your insurance