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More Resources: Publications
Your Pharmacy Benefit Publications
- Your Pharmacy Benefit: Make It Work For You! [PDF] -
This publication from the National Pharmaceutical Council, in cooperation
with the Federal Citizen
Information Center, walks readers through the
important things to consider about pharmacy benefits when choosing a
health plan and how to effectively use those benefits to play for the
medicines you need to stay healthy.
- Where To Go When You Have Questions About Your Benefits [PDF] - This fact sheet from the National Pharmaceutical Council offers a list of resources for more information about benefit questions for those with employer-sponsored coverage, as well as for those with Medicare coverage, Medicaid, or those who are currently uninsured.
Other Useful Publications
- Checkup
on Health Insurance Choices - This publication from the Department
of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
explains the basics of health insurance - what it is, why you need it,
and where to get it. It also walks readers through some key considerations
in selecting a health insurance plan to meet their needs.
- Choosing
and Using a Health Plan - This resource from the Department of Health
and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality can help
you make sense of your choices for getting health care insurance. Even
if you don't get to choose the health plan yourself (for example, your
employer may select the plan for your company), you still need to understand
what kind of protection your health plan provides and what you will
need to do to get the health care that you and your family need. The
more you learn, the more easily you'll be able to decide what fits your
personal needs and budget.
- Guide
to Health Insurance - This publication from America's Health Insurance
Plans discusses the basic forms of health coverage and includes a checklist
to help you compare plans. It answers some commonly asked questions
and also includes descriptions of other forms of health insurance, including
hospital-surgical policies, specified disease policies, catastrophic
coverage, hospital indemnity insurance, and disability, long-term care,
and Medicare supplement insurance.
- Guide
to Managed Care - Managed care is a way of both providing and paying
for health care. This publication from American's Health Insurance Plans
explains the difference between various types of managed care plans,
like health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations
(PPOs), and point-of-service (POS) plans, and helps you understand what
the differences mean to you.
those who are currently uninsured.
- Your
Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care - The goal of this guide from
the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality is to help you find and use available information to choose
quality health care. It can also help you measure quality for yourself
according to what is most important to you.
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