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Understanding Your Mental Health Insurance
Child & Adolescent Psyschiatry — Insurance benefits for mental health services have changed a lot in recent years. These changes are consistent with the nationwide trend to control the expense of health care. It is important to understand your mental health care coverage so that ...More…
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New Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance
Agency for Healthcare Research — Press release regarding new study, 'Wealth, Income, and the Affordability of Health Insurance'. The majority of uninsured American families who are not covered by group health insurance through an employer cannot afford to buy health insurance, .. ...More…
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Private Health Insurance Doesn't Protect Cancer Patients ...
American Cancer Society — The report, Spending to Survive: Cancer Patients Confront Holes in the Health Insurance System, was released today at a joint press event held at the Kaiser Family Foundation building in Washington, DC. It's based on an analysis of individual ...More…
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Children's Mental Health Insurance and Payment Issues
Medem — It's important that you know exactly how much your insurance company will pay. Your insurance package may provide limited coverage for mental health services. It may help to ask your insurance company the following questions: Does my pediatrician ...More…
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Questions and Answers About Health Insurance
Agency for Healthcare Research — This guide describes different kinds of health insurance plans and answers common questions. There is a glossary of health insurance terms as well as resources for more information. For the print version, download the PDF File (175 KB). PDF ...More…
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Health Insurance: Understanding Your Health Plan's Rules
Family Doctor — If you have insurance through your employer, you probably are in a managed care plan. If you are in Medicare, you might be in a managed care plan too. You can't always tell from the name of the plan. It's the rules that count. When you signed up . ...More…
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Health Insurance: Understanding What It Covers
Family Doctor — Your health insurance policy is an agreement between you and your insurance company. The policy lists a package of medical benefits such as tests, drugs and treatment services. The insurance company agrees to cover the cost of certain benefits ...More…
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CPS Health Insurance Definitions
The Census Bureau broadly classifies health insurance coverage as either Private (non-government) coverage or Government-sponsored coverage. Private health insurance is coverage by a health plan provided through an employer or union or purchased ...More…
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Health Insurance: Understanding Your Health Plan's Rules
Family Doctor — If you have insurance through your employer, you probably are in a managed care plan. If you are in Medicare, you might be in a managed care plan too. You can't always tell from the name of the plan. It's the rules that count. When you signed up . ...More…
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Health Insurance: Understanding What It Covers
Family Doctor — Your health insurance policy is an agreement between you and your insurance company. The policy lists a package of medical benefits such as tests, drugs and treatment services. The insurance company agrees to cover the cost of certain benefits ...More…
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City vs. City: When It Comes to Health Insurance Costs, ...
Agency for Healthcare Research — The estimates, which are from AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for 2004-the most current data-show large geographical variations in how much Americans pay for family coverage and individual coverage as well as how much employers contribute ...More…
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Health Insurance - Main
View the most recent reports, briefs (short reports), and data on Health Insurance. View previously issued reports, briefs (short reports), and working papers on Health Insurance Obtain Health Insurance data to create your own tables and cross ...More…