Health Insurance

• Latest News
• Minority Health Insurance Gap Persists (10/29/2004, United Press International)
• Racial, Economic Gap in Appendicitis Care (10/26/2004, Reuters Health)
• Health Care Costs Continue to Escalate (10/11/2004, United Press International)
• Many Chronically Ill Patients Don't Tell Their Doctors That They Limit Use of Prescription Drugs Because of Cost (09/13/2004, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

• Overviews
• Health Insurance: Understanding What It Covers (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Health Insurance: Understanding Your Health Plan's Rules (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Uninsured: Access to Medical Care (American College of Emergency Physicians)

• Specific Conditions
• Evaluating Access to Emergency Care through Your Health Plan: A Checklist for Consumers (American College of Emergency Physicians)
• Financial Assistance for Cancer Care (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Financing a Transplant (United Network for Organ Sharing)
• How Your Bills Get Paid (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Insurance (Dental Benefits) (American Dental Association)
• Insurance, Legal Issues and Advance Directives (American Heart Association)
• Medigap Policy Basics (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Prescriptions and Insurance Plans (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Research
• Opinions about Doctors Deceiving Insurance Companies to Obtain Health Services for Their Patients (American College of Physicians)
• Significant Increases in Drug Co-Payments May Reduce Patients' Use of Needed Medications (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Terms We Use (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

• Organizations
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Dept. of Labor

• Law and Policy
• Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Insurance Reform (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• HIPAA Insurance Reform: What Is HIPAA? (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• How Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) Coverage Works (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• How to File a Claim for Your Benefits (Dept. of Labor)
• Life Changes Require Health Choices: Know Your Benefit Options (Dept. of Labor)
• Mental Health Parity Act (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Pension and Health Care Coverage: Questions and Answers for Dislocated Workers (Dept. of Labor)
• Who Is Entitled to Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) Benefits? (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

• Statistics
• Data Provide Details on Characteristics of Health Insurance of U.S. Workers (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Early Release of Health Insurance Coverage Estimates: New Data from Quarter 3 of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey (National Center for Health Statistics)
• FASTATS: Health Insurance Coverage (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2002 (Bureau of the Census) - Links to PDF File
• Low Income Uninsured Children by State [1999-2001] (Bureau of the Census)
• Nearly 1 Out of 3 Non-Elderly Americans Were Uninsured for All or Part of 2001-2002 (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
• Number and Percent of Persons Without Health Insurance Coverage, By Age Group: United States, 1997 - 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Percent of Persons Who Failed to Obtain Needed Medical Care during the Past 12 Months Due to Financial Barriers: United States, 1997-2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Trends in Health Insurance Coverage by Poverty Status among Persons under 65 Years of Age: United States, 1997-2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Trends in Health Insurance Coverage by Race/Ethnicity among Persons under 65 Years of Age: United States, 1997-2001 (National Center for Health Statistics)

• Women
• Life Events Impact Health Benefit Needs (Dept. of Labor)
• Women's Health Insurance Coverage (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - Links to PDF File

• Children
• Children's Mental Health — Insurance and Payment Issues (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• HHS Issues New Report Showing More American Children Received Health Insurance in Early 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Insure Kids Now: Find Your State (Dept. of Health and Human Services) - links to state programs for free or low cost health insurance for children.
  Also available in: Spanish
• Insure Kids Now: Questions and Answers (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
  Also available in: Spanish
• State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): State Plan Map (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

• Seniors
• Can the Retiree Health Benefits Provided by Your Employer Be Cut? (Dept. of Labor)