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 About Disability Insurance Description: Offers articles and defines terms used within various disability policies. (about-disability-insurance.com) |
| AHRQ: Checkup on Health Insurance Choices Description: 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. (ahrq.gov) |
| AHRQ: Children's Health 1996 Description: Study by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It offers statistics, conclusions, and looking ahead at children's healthcare. (ahrq.gov) |
| Ask Mr. Health Insurance Description: Resource guide to various aspects of health insurance. Sponsored by ehealthinsurance.com. (askmrhealthinsurance.com) |
| Better Homes & Gardens: Health Insurance Description: Offers several articles about health insurance from a family perspective. (bhg.com) |
| Canada Health Insurance Description: Provides information about Canadian dental insurance, supplemental health plans, and health and drug coverage offered by the various provinces. (canada-health-insurance.com) |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Description: US federal agency which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Provides information for health professionals, regional governments, and consumers. (cms.hhs.gov) |
| CMS: HIPAA Online Description: Clear explanations of HIPAA's consumer protections, along with examples of how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act applies to particular situations. (cms.hhs.gov) |
| COBRA Health Plan Advice Description: Compares COBRA and private health insurance. Other topics include employee notification, when to elect, and government investigator contacts. Offers an active discussion forum. (cobrahealth.com) |
| COBRAcompare.com Description: Describes the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA, USA) and offers an extensive FAQ and health insurance glossary. Site sponsored by WellPoint. (cobracompare.com) |
| EHealthHelp; Consumer Medical Plan Info Description: How medicare and HMO plans work. Claim and enrollment tips. Health plan basics. (ehealthhelp.com) |
| Families USA: Information for Consumers Description: Nonprofit advocacy organization offers many useful links to information about how to find, choose, and use quality health coverage. (familiesusa.org) |
| Health eBenefits Description: Site describes trends and options in individualized health insurance benefits. It includes an extensive set of links for providers and other information sources. (HealtheBenefits.com) |
| Health Insurance Consumer Guides Description: 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. (healthinsuranceinfo.net) |
| Health Insurance Guide Description: Information on the kinds of health insurance, benefits, and how to choose the right plan. (healthinsuranceadvice.org) |
| Health Insurance In-Depth Description: A guide to medical insurance, with advice on policy types, additional coverage, and state-by-state regulations of personal and group health insurance. (healthinsuranceindepth.com) |
| Health Insurance Resource Center Description: 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. (healthinsurance.org) |
| Health insurance.com.au Description: Australian health insurance guide offering tips and advice on finding the right policy. (health-insurance.com.au) |
| Health Plans & Benefits Description: The US Department of Labor portal for health plans and benefits. Includes fact sheets, regulations, and ERISA information. (dol.gov) |
| Health Symphony Description: Provides consumers, employers, and physicians with health insurance articles and other resources. (healthsymphony.com) |
| HealthCareCoach.com Description: [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. (healthcarecoach.com) |
| HIV and Insurance: Some Questions and Answers Description: Some Questions and Answers, by Mark Scherzer, Esq., at The Body, an AIDS and HIV information resource. (thebody.com) |
| How I Fought My HMO and Won Without a Lawyer Description: 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. (members.aol.com) |
| How to Choose Health Care Coverage Description: Brief explanations of different kinds of health insurance, produced by the Hope Heart Institute. (ring.com) |
| Medicare: The Official U.S. Government Site Description: Information on Medicare, including comparisons of medicare and medigap plans. (medicare.gov) |
| MediChoice.com Description: Discussion of alternative types of defined contribution health benefit accounts and options. (medichoice.com) |
| My Health Choices Description: 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. (myhealthchoices.com) |
| New York Health Insurance Information, Counseling, and Assistance Program (HIICAP) Description: 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. (hiicap.state.ny.us) |
| Senior Health Insurance Counseling Description: Information on Medicare and related programs including Medigap, HMOs, Medicaid, and long term care. (seniorhealthinscounsel.com) |
| U.S. Census Bureau Health Insurance Data Description: 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. (census.gov) |
| Wizard of Health Insurance Description: Offers consumer information about the basics of different types of health insurance plans. (wizardofhealthinsurance.com) |
| Women and Job Based Health Benefits Description: Claims, workers rights, and health benefits as they relate to women. From the US Department of Labor. (dol.gov) |
