Health Insurance Help
Resources
About Health Insurance - Consumer Information Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, The
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.
http://www.healthinsuranceinfo.net/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues
http://www.ahcpr.gov/
Census Bureau
The Census Bureau Web Site provides on-line access to our data, publications, products, and programs.
http://www.census.gov/
CMS: HIPAA Online
Provides an interactive tool that helps answer your questions about health coverage and your rights and protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
http://cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/online/
Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI)
The Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) is is a research and advocacy association of insurance carriers active in the individual, small group, MSA and senior markets.
http://www.cahi.org/
Families USA: The Voice for Health Care Consumers
A national nonprofit health care advocacy organization. Issue areas include Medicaid, children’s health, Medicare, prescription drugs, the uninsured, private insurance & minority health.
http://www.familiesusa.org/
Health Assistance Partnership
Helps health care consumers better understand and secure their health care rights. Works with programs serving Medicare, Medicaid, and privately insured consumers as well as programs working with uninsured clients.
http://www.healthassistancepartnership.org/
Health Insurance Help
Explains the various health insurance options (both private and public) for the individual, unemployed, self-employed, small business, seniors, family and children. Includes tips for saving on health insurance costs and finding quality health care.
http://www.healthinsurance-help.com/
Insure Kids Now!
Insure Kids Now! A national initiative to linking families to low-cost insurance programs
http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/
Kaiser Family Foundation
Provides a consumer guide to handling dispute with your employer or private health plan. Includes information on whom to contact, what you can appeal, what to do on a state level.
http://www.kff.org/consumerguide/
The Actors' Fund
The Actors Funds Artists Health Insurance center is an insurance information center for the arts community nationwide, funded by the NEA.
http://www.actorsfund.org/
U.S. Department of Labor: Health Plans
Provides information about programs and materials that are available from DOL pertaining to health plans and benefits. Includes fact sheets, regulations, and ERISA information.
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/
