The DRM WebWatcher: Health Care

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	Health Care - Funding
	Updated 8/2001
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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 Resources

Centers 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; Resources in your state