Health Insurance

Affordable health insurance: state guides

The writers and editors at the Health Insurance Resource Center put the pieces of the medical insurance puzzle together for you in our Health Insurance 101 and Health Reform sections, and share the best sources of health care information on our pages.

Finding individual health insurance for your family can be confusing. We provide several tools to help you make better choices.

• Get no-obligation health insurance quotes to compare plans.
• Find out how the recently passed health reform legislation will affect you and your family.
• Learn about short term insurance, temporary medical coverage to bridge gaps.
• Lost your job or become self employed? Explore COBRA health insurance.
• Sick? Facing pre-existing conditions? Learn about high-risk insurance pools.
• Peruse Frequently Asked Questions about health care.
• Learn about private health insurance in America.
• Understand health insurance options for the self-employed.

What can you do to provide low-cost protection for your family's health? Here at the Health Insurance Resource Center, we strive to make you a better-informed consumer to aid you in your quest to secure not just cheap health insurance, but an affordable andadequate health plan for your family, regardless of your individual situation.

State guides to health plans and health care quality

You'll also find information on the quality of health care in individual states. Each guide also gives you the opportunity to receive free, no-obligation health insurance quotes, complete with health insurance rates and plan details from competing health insurance companies.

Many states are seeking ways to tackle the problem of access to affordable health insurance plans on their own, and we look to health care reform initiatives on our state pages. We also have links to the contact forms for your elected officials, so you can easily lend your support, or offer alternative ideas.