Consumer’s tool kit for health care advance planning
(Separate Website)
Here are worksheets to help you make good advance planning health decisions
By: American Bar Association
Medical directives
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet explains different methods of health care decision making when you are very ill or incapacitated, including health care proxy, appointing an agent, medical directives and living wills.
By: Elder Law Answers
Black lung disease benefits
(Separate Website)
Find out about monthly payments and medical treatment for coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease).
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Black lung disease program
(Separate Website)
Information about the Federal Black Lung Program.
Cancer rights for women
(Separate Website)
Information on a woman's right to health care for breast cancer.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Compare dialysis facilities
(Separate Website)
Compare dialysis facilities in your area.
By: U.S Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Find the nearest drug abuse and alcoholism treatment facility
(Separate Website)
By: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Finding free or low-cost tests for breast and cervical cancer
(Separate Website)
Find out where you can get a free or low-cost mammogram and Pap test. Contact your local breast and cervical cancer program.
By: U.S. Department of Health & Human Serivces, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
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Spanish / Español
Getting your employer to cover speech-language and hearing services
(Separate Website)
Here are tips on how to ask your employer to add or improve speech and hearing services under your health plan.
By: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Help if you are blind or have low vision
(Separate Website)
Information for those who are blind or have low vision about benefits you may get through Social Security.
By: U.S. Social Security Administration
Know your rights for substance abuse and mental health care
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet covers your rights when getting substance abuse and mental health treatment, such as confidentiality and the benefits and risks of a certain treatment or procedure.
By: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Spanish / Español
Paying for dialysis or a kidney transplant
(Separate Website)
Medicare may pay for these services for you.
By: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Paying for reconstructive surgery
(Separate Website)
If your group health plan covers mastectomies, your plan must give you certain benefits if you choose reconstructive surgery.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Spina Bifida health care benefits from the VA
(Separate Website)
Information on health care benefits for Vietnam veterans' children diagnosed with spina bifida.
By: Department of Veterans Affairs
What is managed care?
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet explains what managed care is, including some important information to help you understand how this this type of health insurance coverage works.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Getting the best out of managed care
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet will help you understand how managed care works and how to choose the best health plan.
By: National Health Law Program
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Spanish / Español
Figuring out which health care plan meets your needs
(Separate Website)
Quality information about health plans can be overwhelming. This fact sheet helps you pick out the information that will be helpful to you. You will learn how to pick the health plan that best meets your needs.
By: National Health Law Program
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Spanish / Español
Helping you choose a quality health plan
(Separate Website)
Here you can check to see if a facility is approved by JCAHO using their Quality Check.
By: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Understanding quality measures
(Separate Website)
In order to figure out whether one health plan is
better than another one, you need to have a way to measure each plan. Here you will learn what measurements are used to look at how well a health plan works.
By: National Health Law Program
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Spanish / Español
Report cards
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet will help you find and understand health plan report cards. It will also help you “to read between the lines” on report cards.
By: National Health Law Program
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Spanish / Español
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