Insurance

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - find out about federal health insurance programs Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and contacts for CMS regional offices
• Choosing a Medigap Policy: Guide To Health Insurance For People With Medicare - learn about health plans that help pay the balance when you have Medicare
• Continuation of Health Coverage - Department of Labor's consumer information on COBRA (continuation of health insurance)
• Health Insurance Consumer Guides - Consumer Guides for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance for every state and the District of Columbia, alerts for consumers, newsletter
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - information about health coverage, rights and protections under the HIPAA law, and answers to questions about continuing coverage if you lose a job, change jobs, move, or get divorced
• Indian Health Service - provides information about health services for American Indians and links
• Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social - insurance for Mexican natives (Spanish language site)
• Medicare - provides information on Medicare including eligibility, enrollment, benefits, claim filing, Medicare amounts
• Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Transplant Services - booklet by Medicare that answers questions for people with kidney failure have about what Medicare covers
• Medicare and Other Health Benefits: Your Guide to Who Pays First - written by Medicare to answer questions for people with insurance from their employer
• Medicaid - fact sheets and information on Medicaid eligibility, services, and links to state program websites for consumers
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners - has information for consumers and links to state insurance department websites
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - information for consumers on eligibility and links to information about state programs and websites
• TRICARE - information about military health plans
• Veterans Health Benefits and Services - provides information for veterans