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The rising costs of health care impact everyone, but people with disabilities are often the hardest hit. Check these sites for information about health insurance and other sources of health care funding. This page includes:
General Resources Health Insurance Resources
Related Subjects General Resources
Financial Aid for Eye Care
An overview from the National Eye Institute (NEI).
Financial Assistance for Cancer Care
This fact sheet from the National Cancer Institute provides
information about private and public sources of financial
assistance.Financial Help for Diabetes Care
An overview of resources from the National Diabetes Information
Clearinghouse.
Financing Your Transplant
This guide from the United Network for Organ Sharing describes
the costs of transplantation, common funding sources, and
programs that can help finance your care after transplantation.Obtaining Free Care
This site provides information about the U.S. Human Resources
and Services Administration's Hill-Burton Free and Reduced Cost
Care program. Through this program, many hospitals and other
health care facilities that received certain federal funds for
construction or modernization have agreed to provide a specific
amount of free or below cost health care to persons unable to
pay.
Health Insurance ResourcesCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - formerly the Health
Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
The HCFA is the federal agency that administers Medicare,
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
(SCHIP). Its extensive website includes in-depth information
about each of these programs as well as many related HCFA
activities and concerns, including information about Title I of
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA), which protects health insurance coverage for workers
and their families when they change or lose their jobs.
Medicare, the nation's largest health insurance program,
provides health insurance to people age 65 and over, those who
have permanent kidney failure, and eligible individuals with
disabilities.Medicaid is a federal-state health insurance program "for certain low-income and needy people." Medicaid covers income-eligible children, older adults, people with disabilities, and people who are eligible to receive federally assisted income maintenance payments. State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to children whose families earn too much for traditional Medicaid, yet not enough to afford private health insurance.
Checkup on Health Insurance Choices
This brochure from the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research provides a basic overview of the sources and types of
health insurance.
Dental Benefits / Insurance
An FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) from the American Dental
Association.Health Insurance Association of America - Insurance Guides for
Consumers
This excellent series of fact sheets in question and answer
format provides basic information about dental expense
insurance, disability income, health insurance, long term care,
medical savings accounts, and general insurance information.
Healthinsuranceinfo.net
Developed by the Georgetown University Institute for Health Care
Research and Policy, this page features consumer guides to
getting and keeping health insurance in each of the 50 states.
Each guide includes includes information about your protections
as a resident of the state, your protections under group and
individual health plans, your protections as a small employer,
and help that may be available to you if you cannot afford
health coverage.How To Pay For Nursing Facility Care
A good overview from the American Health Care Association.
What Consumers Need To Know About Private Long Term Care Insurance
An excellent fact sheet from the American Health Care
Association.Related Subjects
Financial Information
Health and Medical (General)Managed Care Medicaid
Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
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