This category lists articles and consumer information sources for health insurance.
This page was last updated on October 10th, 2008
This page was last updated on October 10th, 2008
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How I Fought My HMO and Won Without a Lawyer
A personal chronicle of a 16 month battle with an HMO to get them to pay medical claims. Also includes information for people about to or currently fighting their HMO.
Health Insurance Consumer Guides
The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute offers a Consumer Guide for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance, for each state and the District of Columbia. Site also includes a newsletter and consumer alerts concerning troubled health insurers.
Health Insurance In-Depth
A guide to medical insurance, with advice on policy types, additional coverage, and state-by-state regulations of personal and group health insurance.
Wizard of Health Insurance
Offers consumer information about the basics of different types of health insurance plans.
Better Homes & Gardens: Health Insurance
Offers several articles about health insurance from a family perspective.
How to Choose Health Care Coverage
Brief explanations of different kinds of health insurance, produced by the Hope Heart Institute.
COBRA Health Plan Advice
Compares COBRA and private health insurance. Other topics include employee notification, when to elect, and government investigator contacts. Offers an active discussion forum.
Canada Health Insurance
Provides information about Canadian dental insurance, supplemental health plans, and health and drug coverage offered by the various provinces.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
US federal agency which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Provides information for health professionals, regional governments, and consumers.
AHRQ: Children's Health 1996
Study by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It offers statistics, conclusions, and looking ahead at children's healthcare.
CMS: HIPAA Online
Clear explanations of HIPAA's consumer protections, along with examples of how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act applies to particular situations.
About Disability Insurance
Offers articles and defines terms used within various disability policies.
Health insurance.com.au
Australian health insurance guide offering tips and advice on finding the right policy.
Health Symphony
Provides consumers, employers, and physicians with health insurance articles and other resources.
My Health Choices
Provides information for consumers to help them make personal decisions about their health care and insurance coverage. Sponsored by Doctors Medical Centers in California, USA.
Health Insurance Resource Center
Resources for the self-employed to understand their health insurance. Includes glossary of industry terms, tips, FAQs on individual health insurance, and risk pool information.
HIV and Insurance: Some Questions and Answers
Some Questions and Answers, by Mark Scherzer, Esq., at The Body, an AIDS and HIV information resource.
Ask Mr. Health Insurance
Resource guide to various aspects of health insurance. Sponsored by ehealthinsurance.com.
Senior Health Insurance Counseling
Information on Medicare and related programs including Medigap, HMOs, Medicaid, and long term care.
COBRAcompare.com
Describes the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA, USA) and offers an extensive FAQ and health insurance glossary. Site sponsored by WellPoint.
Health Plans & Benefits
The US Department of Labor portal for health plans and benefits. Includes fact sheets, regulations, and ERISA information.
Families USA: Information for Consumers
Nonprofit advocacy organization offers many useful links to information about how to find, choose, and use quality health coverage.
EHealthHelp; Consumer Medical Plan Info
How medicare and HMO plans work. Claim and enrollment tips. Health plan basics.
AHRQ: Checkup on Health Insurance Choices
Describes health insurance types, choices, and terms, from a consumer perspective. By the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services.
MediChoice.com
Discussion of alternative types of defined contribution health benefit accounts and options.
Women and Job Based Health Benefits
Claims, workers rights, and health benefits as they relate to women. From the US Department of Labor.
Health eBenefits
Site describes trends and options in individualized health insurance benefits. It includes an extensive set of links for providers and other information sources.
Medicare: The Official U.S. Government Site
Information on Medicare, including comparisons of medicare and medigap plans.
HealthCareCoach.com
[USA] Project of the National Health Law Program to improve access to quality health care, educate consumers about their legal rights, and provide information and policy advocacy.
New York Health Insurance Information, Counseling, and Assistance Program (HIICAP)
Consumer help with Medicare, managed care, Medigap insurance, long term care insurance; written for New Yorkers, but contains information of general interest. From the New York, USA, Office for the Aging.
U.S. Census Bureau Health Insurance Data
Data on status and type of coverage by age, sex, gender, race, state, as well as other characteristics. Site offers data review tools to create and extract custom data tables.
Health Insurance Guide
Information on the kinds of health insurance, benefits, and how to choose the right plan.
A personal chronicle of a 16 month battle with an HMO to get them to pay medical claims. Also includes information for people about to or currently fighting their HMO.
The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute offers a Consumer Guide for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance, for each state and the District of Columbia. Site also includes a newsletter and consumer alerts concerning troubled health insurers.
A guide to medical insurance, with advice on policy types, additional coverage, and state-by-state regulations of personal and group health insurance.
Offers consumer information about the basics of different types of health insurance plans.
Offers several articles about health insurance from a family perspective.
Brief explanations of different kinds of health insurance, produced by the Hope Heart Institute.
Compares COBRA and private health insurance. Other topics include employee notification, when to elect, and government investigator contacts. Offers an active discussion forum.
Provides information about Canadian dental insurance, supplemental health plans, and health and drug coverage offered by the various provinces.
US federal agency which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Provides information for health professionals, regional governments, and consumers.
Study by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It offers statistics, conclusions, and looking ahead at children's healthcare.
Clear explanations of HIPAA's consumer protections, along with examples of how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act applies to particular situations.
Offers articles and defines terms used within various disability policies.
Australian health insurance guide offering tips and advice on finding the right policy.
Provides consumers, employers, and physicians with health insurance articles and other resources.
Provides information for consumers to help them make personal decisions about their health care and insurance coverage. Sponsored by Doctors Medical Centers in California, USA.
Resources for the self-employed to understand their health insurance. Includes glossary of industry terms, tips, FAQs on individual health insurance, and risk pool information.
Some Questions and Answers, by Mark Scherzer, Esq., at The Body, an AIDS and HIV information resource.
Resource guide to various aspects of health insurance. Sponsored by ehealthinsurance.com.
Information on Medicare and related programs including Medigap, HMOs, Medicaid, and long term care.
Describes the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA, USA) and offers an extensive FAQ and health insurance glossary. Site sponsored by WellPoint.
The US Department of Labor portal for health plans and benefits. Includes fact sheets, regulations, and ERISA information.
Nonprofit advocacy organization offers many useful links to information about how to find, choose, and use quality health coverage.
How medicare and HMO plans work. Claim and enrollment tips. Health plan basics.
Describes health insurance types, choices, and terms, from a consumer perspective. By the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services.
Discussion of alternative types of defined contribution health benefit accounts and options.
Claims, workers rights, and health benefits as they relate to women. From the US Department of Labor.
Site describes trends and options in individualized health insurance benefits. It includes an extensive set of links for providers and other information sources.
Information on Medicare, including comparisons of medicare and medigap plans.
[USA] Project of the National Health Law Program to improve access to quality health care, educate consumers about their legal rights, and provide information and policy advocacy.
Consumer help with Medicare, managed care, Medigap insurance, long term care insurance; written for New Yorkers, but contains information of general interest. From the New York, USA, Office for the Aging.
Data on status and type of coverage by age, sex, gender, race, state, as well as other characteristics. Site offers data review tools to create and extract custom data tables.
Information on the kinds of health insurance, benefits, and how to choose the right plan.
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