A Consumer Guide for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance (50 States and District of Columbia)
With a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy has written A CONSUMER GUIDE FOR GETTING AND KEEPING HEALTH INSURANCE for ... Details >
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Insure Kids Now Initiative
Also available in: Spanish
A federal program designed to promote enrollment in State Child Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), the initiative highlights a new TOLL-FREE phone number (1-877-KIDS NOW) for parents to get State-speci... Details >
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA: Medical Privacy
This page chronicles the development and implementation of the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information applicable to entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability ... Details >
Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
What is Medicare?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administer Medicare, the Nation's largest health insurance program, which covers 37 million Americans. Medicare provides health insurance to people age 6... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
California State Healthy Families Program
Healthy Families program is cosponsored by the state of California and federal funds. The program provides health coverage for children with family incomes above the level eligible for no cost Medi-Ca... Details >
California Department of Health Services |
Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided By Your Employer Be Cut?
This document presents important information about employer-provided retiree health benefits that retirees should know. The bulletin was produced by the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Di... Details >
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor |
Choosing and Using a Health Plan
Also available in: Spanish
If you are shopping for health care insurance, this booklet will help you to understand the plans that are available and to choose the plan that is right for you and your family.... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS®): Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes CAHPS® -- an easy-to-use kit of survey and report tools that provides reliable and valid information to help consumers and purchasers assess and choose among health plans -- ... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Consumer Information on Health Plans
Links to general information, policies, laws and regulation related to employee health plans. Includes fact sheets describing types of benefits, plans, and workers' rights, as well as links to resourc... Details >
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor |
CoveringTheUninsured.org
Covering the Uninsured is a partnership of 12 major national organizations and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This diverse group of national organizations has joined forces to publicize the exten... Details >
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
Denali KidCare Web Site
This health insurance program was designed by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to ensure coverage for children and teens through age 18, and for pregnant women who meet income guide... Details >
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services |
Express Lane Eligibility: Toolkit for Action
This resource is designed to provide advocates, community leaders, and policymakers with the tools they need to provide health insurance to more than 4 million uninsured children enrolled in such publ... Details >
Children's Partnership |
Guide to Health Insurance For People With Medicare: Choosing a Medigap Policy
A guide to help beneficiaries with purchasing Medigap supplemental insurance, using Medigap supplemental insurance and other kinds of health insurance. Also provides a listing of state area agencies o... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Health Care Access and American Indian/Alaska Native Women
This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about health care access and insurance for American Indian/Alaska Native women.... Details >
National Women's Health Information Center, U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health |
Health Insurance Glossary of Terms
A list of terms with their definitions that are commonly used in the service and administration of health insurance and related products and services.... Details >
National Association of Health Underwriters |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) --- Administrative Simplification
The Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are intended to reduce the costs and administrative burdens of health care by makin... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Consumer Information
The purpose of this on-line information is to give you an overview of how you may be affected by health insurance coverage changes found in four federal laws: The Health Insurance Portability and Acco... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Health Insurance Statistics - U.S. Census Bureau
Statistical data on health insurance coverage in the United States. Also available on this page - the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) report and Current Population Survey (CPS) Marc... Details >
U.S. Census Bureau |
HIPAA Insurance Reform
This HIPAA page provides links to information for consumers, employers, state regulators, and self-funded nonfederal governmental plans.... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
HIPAA OnLine
An interactive tool provided by the Federal Government that answers your questions on getting and continuing health coverage during events such as losing or changing jobs, pregnancy, moving, or divorc... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Insure Kids Now: Your State's Children's Health Insurance Program
Also available in: Spanish
Links to States' official Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) websites. Each website provides information specific to that State's health insurance program.... Details >
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Managed Care/Health Care Glossary of Terms
A comprehensive listing of managed care and health care terms. Select the appropriate letter to find the definition of a particular term.... Details >
Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace, U.S. Department of Labor |
Managed Health Care Plans
Information about the managed health care system and the specific types of healthcare plans operating under this umbrella.... Details >
American Heart Association |
Medicaid Consumer Information
This web site links the consumer to selected information on the Medicaid program and policy. Includes information on welfare reform and provides both State and Federal contact resources.... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Medicare Health Plan Compare
Also available in: Spanish
Use this database to compare managed care plans in your area that best suit your needs. The database allows you to search all the plans in your zip code and compare costs for premiums and types of ser... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Medicare Information in Chinese
Link to publications online in Adobe Acrobat PDF and graphic formats, all in Chinese. Some topics covered include Medicare health care coverage under Part A; patients' rights as a Medicare beneficia... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Medicare Program Glossary
This glossary explains terms in the Medicare program. Choose either a letter from the alphabet list for a display of terms beginning with your choice or "all letters" for a display of the entire gloss... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
Medicare Publications Page
Also available in: Spanish
Visit this site to view or download publications related to Medicare issues, online. Some publications are available in other languages -- French and Spanish -- and files are in HTML and Adobe PDF for... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
medicare.gov: Consumer Medicare Web Site
Also available in: Spanish
www.medicare.gov is the official U.S. Government web site for Medicare information. Visit this site for the latest information about the Medicare Program including, State contacts, managed care option... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
National Committee for Quality Assurance Health Choices
This site helps consumers learn how NCQA rates health plans, see how a health plan rates, find quality plans in a given area, and find a recognized diabetes care provider.... Details >
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
NCQA's (National Committee for Quality Assurance) Health Plan Report Card
An interactive tool designed to help you find the right health plan, NCQA's Health Plan Report Card can help you answer questions about health plans that would be difficult to answer on your own. NCQA... Details >
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
Pension and Health Care Coverage... Questions and Answers for Dislocated Workers
This booklet is designed to assist workers who have been laid off in the transition from old jobs to new jobs. Important health and pension issues that affect the dislocated worker are addressed -- he... Details >
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor |
State Children's Health Insurance Program
Materials of interest to various audiences -- policy makers, insurers and families -- regarding the recent passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), also known as Title XXI.... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
State Contacts for Medicare Information
A search engine that allows users to select States for local information and contacts regarding Medicare. Information is available on publications and forms, data, laws and regulations, and other rela... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
State Health Facts Online
Select any State on this website for latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
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Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation |
Top 10 Ways to Make Your Health Benefits Work for You
Links to brochures that are part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Health Benefits Education Campaign to equip consumers with information that they can use to make informed choices regarding health ca... Details >
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor |
Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care
This guide was developed to help you make the best health care decisions for choosing health plans, doctors, treatments, hospitals and long-term care. Following this guide will improve your chances f... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
