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   Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning (Separate Website)
Worksheets to help you make good advance planning health decisions.
By: American Bar Association
  
   
   Getting Your Affairs in Order (Separate Website)
Step-by-step guide to what you may need.
By: National Institute on Aging
  
   
   Helping you choose a quality health care. (Separate Website)
Here is information about quality standards for faicilities.
By: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
  
   
   Internet Sites for Legal Information This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page. (Separate Website)
List of online legal research and information resources, from the Law Library of Louisiana.
By: Law Library of Louisiana
  
   
   What To Do If TRICARE Says No (Separate Website)
If you have a dispute with a decision about your benefits made by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) or by a TRICARE contractor, you have the right to to ask for another opinion on the decision.
By: U.S. Department of Defense
  
   
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