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A Consumer Guide for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance (50 States and District of Columbia)  External Link

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

Medicare Eligibility Tool

This section of the Medicare site is designed to provide you with information about your Medicare eligibility and enrollment. You will be asked to answer a series of questions.... Details >

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

About Part D  External Link

The Medicare prescription drug benefit is insurance that will provide those enrolled in Medicare (either in Medicare Part A or Part B) with savings on a wide array of brand and generic prescription dr... Details >

Coalition to Advance Prescription Drug Education  External Link

America’s Health Insurance Plans: Consumer Guides  External Link

Most Americans know about the kind of health insurance that pays doctor and hospital bills. However, there are many more choices. America’s Health Insurance Plans offers a series of guides on various ... Details >

America’s Health Insurance Plans  External Link

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 Public Health

Consumer Guide To Continuation of Coverage  External Link

Millions of people who lose their group coverage due to a job change, divorce, job loss or other reason are able to keep their group coverage temporarily. There are several types of continuation cover... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Consumer Guide To Group Health Insurance  External Link

The majority of Americans have group health insurance through their employer or the employer of a family member. Many people don't realize that health insurance is issued differently for different typ... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Consumer Guide To Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)  External Link

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are an innovative way of paying for medical care in this country. HSAs are sold in conjunction with a qualified high-deductible health insurance plan and are available f... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Consumer Guide To High-Risk Health Insurance Pools  External Link

For many people with serious pre-existing medical conditions, the prospect of finding individual insurance coverage outside of an employer group can be very daunting. However, most states have high-ri... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Consumer Guide To Individual Health Insurance  External Link

Approximately five percent of Americans do not get their health insurance coverage through an employer or through a government program, but instead purchase private individual coverage. Individual cov... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Consumer Guide To Long-Term Care  External Link

Long-term care is the health industry term for care and related expenses associated with an extended illness or injury. Ninety-five percent of long-term care in the United States is custodial in natur... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Consumer Health Plan Information

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 >

Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Current Population Survey (CPS) Health Insurance Definitions

The Census Bureau broadly classifies health insurance coverage as either Private (non-government) coverage or Government-sponsored coverage. This page provides types of health insurance coverage and o... Details >

U.S. Census Bureau

Denali KidCare Home Page  External Link

This page welcomes to Denali KidCare, a State of Alaska program designed to ensure that children and teens of both working and non-working families can have the health insurance they need. Denali KidC... Details >

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services  External Link

Educational Presentations: Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Support  External Link

This section provides an educational presentation about the part D prescription drug plan.... Details >

Coalition to Advance Prescription Drug Education  External Link

Guide to Disability Income Insurance  External Link

Individual disability income insurance is designed to replace income when illness or injury stands in the way of earning a living. This booklet explains the various sources of disability income, what ... Details >

America’s Health Insurance Plans  External Link

Guide to Health Insurance  External Link

This booklet discusses the basic forms of health coverage and includes a checklist to help people compare plans. It answers some commonly asked questions and also includes thumbnail descriptions of ot... Details >

America’s Health Insurance Plans  External Link

Guide to Managed Care  External Link

Twenty-five years ago, most people in the United States had indemnity insurance coverage but today, more than half of all Americans who have health insurance are enrolled in some kind of managed care ... Details >

America’s Health Insurance Plans  External Link

Guides to Finding Health Insurance Coverage in Your State  External Link

These guides outline health insurance coverage that may be available to uninsured individuals in their state. The guides are available in Portable Document Format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required.... Details >

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  External Link

Health Insurance Plan Links  External Link

This page presents links to companies that provide health insurance coverage. The America’s Health Insurance Plans does not endorse particular products; it makes these links available as an informatio... Details >

America’s Health Insurance Plans  External Link

Healthcare Coverage Options Database: Assistance for Obtaining Health Coverage  External Link

Many Americans need to obtain health care services but may have trouble paying for them. This section provides comprehensive information about all of the major federal and state programs to provide co... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Healthcare Coverage Options Database: Employer-Based Health Insurance Coverage  External Link

The majority of Americans have group health insurance coverage through either their employer, or the employer of a family member. This section is designed for consumers who need more information about... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Healthcare Coverage Options Database: Health Care Coverage Contacts  External Link

This section provides consumers with a quick reference list of important health coverage assistance contacts.... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

Healthcare Coverage Options Database: Individual Health Insurance Coverage  External Link

Many Americans who do not have access to group health insurance coverage, like self-employed people, early retirees, students and people whose employers do not offer health benefits, choose to purchas... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

HealthDecisions.org  External Link

HealthDecisions.org offers visitors easy and convenient access to a variety of insurance products designed to help visitors manage their healthcare coverage decisions. Sponsored by America's Health In... Details >

America’s Health Insurance Plans  External Link

Healthinsuranceinfo.net  External Link

This site provides consumer guides for getting and keeping health insurance for each state and the District of Columbia - fifty-one in all. The guides are updated periodically as changes in federal an... Details >

Georgetown University Health Policy Institute  External Link

Information for Patients With Kidney Disease  External Link

Also available in: Spanish   External Link

This page provides information for patients with kidney disease, on how patients can get help with assistance programs, health insurnace program etc. ... Details >

American Kidney Fund  External Link

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 Health Care Plans  External Link

Information about the managed health care system and the specific types of healthcare plans operating under this umbrella.... Details >

American Heart Association  External Link

Medicaid Buy-In For Working People with Disabilities

States can extend Medicaid coverage to certain disabled people who work. Under Section 4733 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, States have the option to provide Medicaid to working people with disab... Details >

Social Security Administration

Medicare Advantage - Fact Sheet  External Link

This fact sheet, provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage program, describes program changes made by the new drug law in plan participation and beneficiary enrollment, presents data on benefits ... Details >

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation  External Link

Quality and Patient Safety  External Link

Health insurance plans are advancing and supporting strategies that promote a safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable health care system. These initiatives focus on impleme... Details >

America’s Health Insurance Plans  External Link

Resources on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit  External Link

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 was signed into law on December 8, 2003. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has compiled some resources to reflect the lat... Details >

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation  External Link

Top 10 Ways to Make Your Health Benefits Work for You

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) administers several important health benefit laws covering employer-based health plans. They govern your basic rights to info... Details >

Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Welcome to the Healthcare Coverage Options Database  External Link

This database contains comprehensive descriptions of public and private health care coverage options offered by every state and by the federal government. Written in consumer-friendly terms with compl... Details >

National Association of Health Underwriters  External Link

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