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