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About Disability Insurance
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Offers articles and defines terms used within various disability policies.
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AHRQ: Checkup on Health Insurance Choices
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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.
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AHRQ: Children's Health 1996
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Study by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It offers statistics, conclusions, and looking ahead at children's healthcare.
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Better Homes & Gardens: Health Insurance
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Offers several articles about health insurance from a family perspective.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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US federal agency which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Provides information for health professionals, regional governments, and consumers.
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COBRAcompare.com
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Describes COBRA benefits, with health insurance information and a glossary of terms. Sponsored by WellPoint, Inc.
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Cobrahealth.com
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A compendium of articles on COBRA coverage, with a message board.
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EHealthHelp
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Guide to how medicare and health insurance plans work, with claim and enrollment tips.
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Health Insurance In-Depth
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Describing policy types, coverage, and regulation of personal and group plans.
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Health Insurance Resource Center
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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.
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Health Plans & Benefits
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The US Department of Labor portal for health plans and benefits. Includes fact sheets, regulations, and ERISA information.
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HealthCareCoach.com
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[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.
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healthinsuranceinfo.net
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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.
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HIV and Insurance: Some Questions and Answers
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Some Questions and Answers, by Mark Scherzer, Esq., at The Body, an AIDS and HIV information resource.
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How I Fought My HMO and Won Without a Lawyer
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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.
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Medicare: The Official U.S. Government Site
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Information on Medicare, including comparisons of medicare and medigap plans.
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My Health Choices
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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.
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New York Health Insurance Information, Counseling, and Assistance Program (HIICAP)
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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.
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Senior Health Insurance Counseling
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Information on Medicare and related programs including Medigap, HMOs, Medicaid, and long term care.
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Women and Job Based Health Benefits
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Claims, workers rights, and health benefits as they relate to women. From the US Department of Labor.
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AHRQ - Choosing and Using a Health Plan
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Information on the kinds of health insurance, benefits, and how to choose the right plan.
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Consumer Driven Healthcare
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Describing defined contribution health plans.
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Families USA
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Nonprofit advocacy organization offers resources on finding, choosing, and using health coverage.
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Health Symphony
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Brief articles and links relating to health insurance.
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How to Choose Health Care Coverage
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Brief explanations of different kinds of health insurance, produced by the Hope Heart Institute.
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MedlinePlus
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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.
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U.S. Census Bureau Health Insurance Data
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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.
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