Who we help

Start with your situation, not a product.

Most insurance sites open with a list of things to buy. That's backwards — nobody wakes up wanting to buy hospitalization coverage. They want to know what happens to their family, their business, or the bill sitting on the counter. Find yourself below.

However you got here

Five kinds of people call us

Individuals & families

Coverage that fits the doctors you already see and the prescriptions you already take — not whichever plan came up first.

Self-employed & 1099

Nobody hands you a benefits packet when you work for yourself. That's the gap we fill most often.

Small businesses

Benefits your people actually understand, without hiring an HR department to run them.

Losing coverage

A job ended, a plan ended, or a birthday ended it. Losing coverage opens a limited window — the mistake is waiting it out.

Already insured — and stuck

You have a plan. You just can't tell what it covers, why the bill looks like that, or whether you're overpaying.

A family getting through a weekday morning in a Florida kitchen

Individuals & families

Coverage that fits the doctors you already see and the prescriptions you already take — not whichever plan came up first.

  • Private coverage compared across carriers, not a single company's shelf
  • Checked against your doctors, your prescriptions, and your budget
  • One place to call when something changes — a baby, a move, a new job

See how this works

A self-employed maker at his workbench, mid-task

Self-employed & 1099

Nobody hands you a benefits packet when you work for yourself. That's the gap we fill most often.

  • Health coverage that doesn't depend on an employer
  • The income-protection piece most freelancers have nothing behind
  • Straight answers about what's worth paying for at your stage

See how this works

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Small businesses

Benefits your people actually understand, without hiring an HR department to run them.

  • Options compared and explained for you and for your team
  • Enrollment run for your employees, not dumped on them
  • Someone their questions can go to all year, so they don't come to you

Small-business benefits

Whichever one you are

The two of us handle all of it. There's no department to be passed to.

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Losing coverage

A job ended, a plan ended, or a birthday ended it. Losing coverage opens a limited window — the mistake is waiting it out.

  • Losing coverage is generally a qualifying life event, which opens a special-enrollment window — typically around 60 days
  • We look at what you're losing before we talk about what replaces it
  • Gaps between plans are the expensive part; we work to avoid one

See how this works

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Already insured — and stuck

You have a plan. You just can't tell what it covers, why the bill looks like that, or whether you're overpaying.

  • A plan review that sometimes ends in “keep what you have”
  • Help reading an EOB, a bill, or a denial letter
  • Answers before a procedure, while you can still do something about it

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However you got here

The job is the same three things.

1

Find the right fit

We compare real options across carriers against your doctors, your prescriptions, and what you can actually spend — then tell you which trade-offs matter.

2

Understand what you bought

You leave knowing what your plan covers, what it doesn't, and what it would leave you owing. No one should discover their deductible at a hospital desk.

3

Have someone in your corner

When a bill looks wrong, a claim is denied, or a provider says they don't take your insurance — you call us. That part doesn't expire.

Monica and Bryan Emel, co-owners of One Less Thing Insurance
Monica & Bryan — whichever door you came through, it's these two.

No wrong door

Not sure which one you are?

Then just tell us what's going on in your own words. Sorting out which category it falls into is our job, not yours — and if it turns out we're not the right help, we'll say so and point you somewhere honest.

Prefer to talk? Call (785) 317-8071 or book a time.

Tell us what you need

A few details is plenty to start. We'll come back with real options and plain answers.

Goes straight to Monica and Bryan — no list, no robo-dialer. Prefer to talk? (785) 317-8071.