Health insurance is tricky in more ways than one. Start here to better understand the ins and outs, jargon, and more. Then learn more about options to consider and ways to navigate the system.
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A Breakdown of Breast Cancer Insurance Coverage
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Access to Diabetes Care: Issues, Resources, and Solutions
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Paying for Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment: Insurance Coverage
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Best Insurance Plans for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
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Does Health Insurance Cover At-Home COVID Tests?
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How Much Does Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Cost?
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Best Health Insurance for People With Multiple Sclerosis
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How to Manage the Cost of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
ICD-10 Codes
What Are ICD-10 Codes?
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Special Enrollment Periods for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
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Special Enrollment Periods for Individual Health Insurance
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The Best Insurance Plans for Lung Cancer Treatment
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Mental Health Parity Rules for Health Insurance
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Best Dental Insurance for Seniors
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How Are Wellness Programs Regulated?
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Is Physical Therapy Covered By Insurance?
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Health Insurance Options If You’re Retiring Before Age 65
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What Is the Health Insurance Birthday Rule?
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Community Rating vs. Experience Rating in Health Insurance
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What Is a Health Insurance Guaranty Association?
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How Does Farm Bureau Health Coverage Work?
Tobacco users may face insurance surcharges
Health Insurance Surcharges for Tobacco Users: State and Federal Rules
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What Clinical Guidelines Influence Your Medical Treatment?
For a secure future you've got to plan for it
What Is Post-Claims Underwriting?
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What Is a High Deductible Health Plan?
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What Is State Continuation of Health Insurance?
Spouses may want to be on the same plan, or they may not. There's no one-size-fits-all answer
Should You and Your Spouse Have Separate Health Insurance Plans?
Health Insurance If You Live in More Than One State
How Health Insurance Works When You Live in Multiple States
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What Is a Health Reimbursement Arrangement?
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When Insurers Deny Emergency Department Claims for Non-Emergency Care
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What It Means When Health Insurance Provides Minimum Value
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What Is Self-Insured Health Insurance?
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What Is the Hyde Amendment?
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What Is a Health Insurance Death Spiral?
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What It Means to Be Dual Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
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Does Health Insurance Cover Transgender Health Care?
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Options If You're Pregnant With No Maternity Insurance
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What an Out-of-Network Provider Means
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How to Talk About Health Insurance
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Health Insurance Provider Network Overview
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Medically Needy Income Levels for Medicaid Eligibility
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How Healthcare Rationing Works
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Factors to Consider When Choosing Health Insurance
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What You Need to Know About Coinsurance
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Catastrophic Health Insurance Overview
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What You Should Know About Universal HealthCare Coverage
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Prior Authorization: Overview, Purpose, Process
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Are Health Insurance Companies Making Unreasonable Profits?
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What Actuarial Value Means for Health Insurance
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How Health Insurance Companies Prevent Adverse Selection
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Definition of Pre-Approval in Health Insurance
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COBRA vs. Obamacare: Which Is Better?
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Deductible vs. Copayment: What's the Difference?
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How a Family Deductible Works
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Differences Between Your Health Insurance Copay and Coinsurance
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Lost Your Health Insurance? Not Open Enrollment? What Now?
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Can't Pay Your Health Insurance Deductible? What Now?
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Differences Between a Deductible and Coinsurance
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What Is an HMO?
Woman hospitalized in observation status being checked on by her doctor.
What Is Hospital Observation Status?