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Health Insurance Consumer Guides from Georgetown Univeristy's Health Policy Institute, with easy-to-understand consumer-friendly information on getting and keeping health insurance, including state-sponsored and federal health plans, for residents of all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Consumer Information on Health Plans

Provides consumer health plan information and guidance including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).

NJDOBI Consumer Information - Health Insurance

In 2010, NJ Protect was launched as a new health insurance option for uninsured New Jerseyans with pre-existing medical conditions. Eligibility requirements are established by Federal law.

Families USA: Consumer Info

State Guides to Finding Health Coverage: Millions of Americans have no health insurance, and finding health insurance can be difficult. If you are looking for coverage, this guide can help point the way.

Consumer Health Insurance Carriers | Health Insurance.info

Are you looking for contact information for your health insurance carrier? Here at Healthinsurance.info, we have an exhaustive collection of vital contact numbers of health insurance carriers in all 50 states.

Helpful Resources

www.medicare.gov

Information on Medicare, including comparisons of medicare and medigap plans.

www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthins.html

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.

www.cms.gov

US federal agency which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Provides information for health professionals, regional governments, and consumers.

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

Provided by the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health to answer consumer health questions and provide access to medical journal and news articles.

www.healthinsuranceinfo.net

A consumer guide for obtaining and keeping health insurance, from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, providing information for each state and the District of Columbia. Site also includes a newsletter and consumer alerts concerning troubled health insurers.

www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-women.htm

Claims, workers rights, and health benefits as they relate to women. From the US Department of Labor.

www.familiesusa.org

Nonprofit advocacy organization offers resources on finding, choosing, and using health coverage.

www.ahrq.gov/consumer/insuranceqa/

Information on the kinds of health insurance, benefits, and how to choose the right plan.

www.ahrq.gov/consumer/insuranc.htm

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance

Encyclopedia article including topics such as history, privately and publicly funding schemes, and specific sections by country.

Health Insurance Links

Here are some of the best links in for Health Insurance:

Medicare: The Official U.S. Government Site

U.S. Census Bureau Health Insurance Data

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

MedlinePlus

healthinsuranceinfo.net

Women and Job Based Health Benefits

Families USA

AHRQ - Questions and Answers About Health Insurance

AHRQ: Checkup on Health Insurance Choices

Wikipedia - Health Insurance

HealthCareCoach.com

Health Insurance Resource Center

National Association of State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans

Health Plans & Benefits

AHRQ: Children's Health 1996

About Disability Insurance

Health Insurance In-Depth

Senior Health Insurance Counseling

Consumer Driven Healthcare

HIV and Insurance: Some Questions and Answers

How to Choose Health Care Coverage

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AGENTS AND MARKETERS

Employee Benefits - It's a medical plan provided by your employer to cover employees directly or through insurance. Employee organizations, like a union, can also establish a group health care plan.

Life - Life insurance is a contract between the policy owner and the insurer, where the insurer agrees to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the occurrence of the insured individual's or individuals' death or other event, such as terminal illness or critical illness.

Travel - Travel insurance is insurance that is intended to cover medical expenses, financial default of travel suppliers, and other losses incurred while traveling, either within one's own country, or internationally.

ASSOCIATIONS

Associations - Is a national political advocacy and trade association with companies that sell health insurance coverage to people.

CARRIERS

BlueCross BlueShield - The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a federation of 39 separate health insurance organizations and companies in the United States.

Holding Companies - A Health Insurance holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock.

Pension - In general, a pension is an arrangement to provide people with an income when they are no longer earning a regular income from employment.

CONSULTING

Consulting - Consultation and negotiation for initial disability claims, pending claims, and buyouts or termination of claims.

MANAGED CARE

Health Maintenance Organizations - A health maintenance organization is a type of managed care organization that provides a form of health care coverage in the United States that is fulfilled through hospitals, doctors, and other providers with which the HMO has a contract.

Preferred Provider Organizations - In health insurance in the United States, a preferred provider organization is a managed care organization of medical doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who have have contacted insurance companies to give reduced rates.

Resources - Resource sites for professionals in the industry and other interested parties. Forums, articles, links, guidelines, and coverage of information technology and its relationship to managed care.

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