Health insurance resources : a guide for people with chronic disease and disability / Dorothy E. Northrop, Stephen E. Cooper, Kimberly Calder.

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ISBN:

9781934559611

9781441634412

Title:

Health insurance resources : a guide for people with chronic disease and disability / Dorothy E. Northrop, Stephen E. Cooper, Kimberly Calder.

Author:

Northrop, Dorothy E., 1942-

Personal Author:

Northrop, Dorothy E., 1942-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)

General Note:

Revised edition of: Health insurance resource manual. c2003.

Contents:

Health insurance managed care and indemnity plans -- Medicare -- Medicaid eligibility -- Social security disability insurance -- Supplemental security income -- SSDI/SSI : the application process -- Employee Retirement Income Security Act -- Grievances and appeals -- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 -- State "mini-COBRA" laws -- Ticket to work and work incentives -- Comprehensive state health insurance for high-risk individuals.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Chronically ill -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Health insurance -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Geographic Term:

United States.

Added Author:

Cooper, Stephen, 1946-

Calder, Kimberly.

Northrop, Dorothy E., 1942- Health insurance resource manual.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2007

Publication Information:

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Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
368.4200973 22	1:E-BOOK	1	1:ONLINE	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

The second edition of Health Insurance Resources: A Guide for People with Chronic Disease and Disability continues to be a uniquely helpful reference for those who need and use health insurance most often but have the least access to it. The book was developed to assist individuals living with disability and chronic health conditions, as well as health care professionals, in understanding the health care system and maximizing their rights and entitlements within that system.

The manual is completely updated throughout, and reflects the changes in the system since the first edition's publication in 2003. Crucially, the book includes new information about the new Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage plan, which took effect in January 2006. It also covers:

Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income COBRA HIPAA State High Risk, Pools Insurance glossary State pharmacy assistance programs And much, much more! This essential guide contains information about a wide variety of options that will be of assistance to individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, or who have questions about insurance and don't know where to begin. It will also serve those who work with chronically ill individuals and their families, such as health care professionals and para-professionals, consumer and patient advocates, and the educators and institutions that serve them.