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A Web resource for cancer survivors, including information about health insurance issues as well as financial assistance with copays and other medical expenses related to cancer.

A collection of information and resources for  Alaska stakeholder groups affected by upcoming health reforms.

Alabama Department of Insurance provides regulation of the insuance industry to provide consumer protection and help maintain market stability.

Medicare resources (state health insurance assistance program) and more for Alabama’s older population.

Toll-free 1-800-513-1384 or (334) 353-8924

The state/federal program that pays for medical and long-term care services for low-income pregnant women, children, certain people on Medicare, disabled individuals and nursing home residents – has income and other requirements.

Toll-free 1-888-290-0616

Health insurance information, including how to file a complaint.

Contact Information: (907) 562-0304; Fax: (907) 561-2063; e-mail: asma@asmadocs.org

Alaska Licensee Search

All Kids is Alabama’s SCHIP program – providing low-cost, comprehensive health insurance for children 18 years and younger.

Resources for consumers, insurers and producers for Arizona health insurance or medical insurance.

Official government Web site for department responsible for health care services for Arizonans.

Arizona Department of Health Services:
150 North 18th Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
General and Public Information: (602) 542-1000
Fax: (602) 542-0883

Toll-free 1-800-285-6477

Arkansas Insurance Department Consumer Services Division regulates life and health insurance in Arkansas.

Arkansas Insurance Department Life and Health Division regulates life and health insurance in Arkansas.

Arkansas Senior Health Insurance Information Program  regulates life and health insurance in Arkansas.

ARKIDS 1ST provides two coverage options for more than 70,000 Arkansas children: ARKids A offers low-income families a comprehensive package of benefits; ARKids B provides coverage for families with higher incomes.

The Association promotes affordable health care for California consumers through legislative advocacy, informational communications and collaboration with other organizations.

Responsible for health care services for Californians.

The foundation is an independent philanthropy committed to improving California’s health care delivery and financing systems and to ensure that all Californians have access to affordable, quality health care.

Toll-free 1-800-289-6574 or (916) 324-4695

The California State Department of Insurance deals with issues of individual health insurance in California, as well as other types of insurance.

A grassroots effort whose mission is to build support for workable health care reform. The Campaign recently conducted a national listening tour in which health plans and Americans from all walks of life had candid, transparent discussions about how we can work together to improve health care.

Published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this guide describes different kinds of health insurance plans and answers common questions.

The Colon Cancer Coalition works to create awareness events for colon cancer across the United States. The organization was formed to oversee the Twin Cities Get Your Rear in Gear 5K and related activities, but decided to expand its vision to help create Get Your Rear in Gear branded events in all 50 United States.

Child Health Plan Plus is a low-cost health insurance program for uninsured Colorado children ages 18 and under whose families earn or own too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance. The CHP+ Prenatal Care Program offers free health insurance to uninsured Colorado pregnant women who live in households that meet certain income requirements.

The state agency responsible for the administration of the Medicaid program, Child Health Plan Plus, and the Colorado Indigent Care program, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.

Medicaid is the government program to help poor and indigent get health care services. Pregnant women and children 18 and under who meet income requirements may be eligible for Medicaid, as well as the aged, blind and disabled.

Colorado population statistics from the US Census Bureau, 2000 Census

Colorado Progressive Action has joined with hundreds of nurses, doctors, small business owners, faith-based groups, people of color organizations, women’s groups, and seniors to demand and win a guarantee of quality, affordable health care for everyone. Through the Health Care for America Now! Campaign, CPA is mobilizing communities to ensure that the first order of business for the new President and Congress in 2009 will be to pass health care legislation that guarantees quality, affordable health care for all. CPA is also calling for regulation on health insurance companies, who should no longer be allowed to put their profits before Americans’ health.

Colorado Senior Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) provides free counseling for Medicare beneficiaries with questions about Medicare.

A national, nonprofit health care advocacy organization, dedicated to strengthening the voice of health care consumers and building stronger state and regional networks to drive health policy and system change.

(North Dakota health insurance risk pool)
Toll-free 1-800-737-0016 or (701) 277-2271

Connecticut CHOICES Program provides free counseling for Medicare beneficiaries with questions.

Toll-free 1-800-842-0004 (M-F 9am-4pm EST)

Health insurance topics and information geared specially for consumers.
For insurance questions/problems:
Phoenix Area: (602) 912-8444
Tucson Area: (520) 628-6370
Statewide: 1-800-325-2548

Health insurance topics and information geared specially for consumers.

A joint initiative of Robert Wood Johnson and Community Catalyst to strengthen the consumer voice to promote innovative and comprehensive health care coverage for everyone.

Links to Georgetown University’s guide to health insurance in Colorado in PDF form, last updated January 2006.

A project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation’s leaders.

(303) 863-1960 or toll-free 1-866-787-9129 (M-F 8am–5pm)

(303) 863-1960 or toll-free 1-866-787-9129 (M-F 8am–5pm)

DentalInsurance.org offers a wide variety of dental insurance and affordable dental insurance plans to meet all your dental insurance needs.

Division of Health Care Financing and Policy – Medicaid works in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to assist in providing quality medical care for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and limited resources.

A national grassroots organization that engages physicians in health reform efforts and works to share physicians’ ideas and experiences with Congress and the public in order to fashion the best possible solution to the nation’s current health care crisis.

Much of our most popular content translated by native speakers for Spanish-speaking Americans. Includes our popular state health insurance guides, glossary and more.

A national organization advocating a single-payer health care system.

A look at the Affordable Care Act and its provisions, including new protections from insurance company abuses, subsidies for small businesses to help with cost of providing coverage to workers, and the first step toward closing the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap known as the “doughnut hole.”

Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.

(Closed to new enrollees since 1991)
(850) 309-1200

The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute has written consumer guides for each state. These guides are available at its web site and aree updated periodically as changes in federal and state policy warrant.

Health Access California is a non-profit organization dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health care for all Californians. For more than 15 years, Health Access has played a significant role in leading the movement for health care reform in California. Health Access has promoted universal health care proposals and advocated for specific incremental reforms that promise to provide immediate health care services to California’s most vulnerable populations.

Health Care for All Colorado is a Colorado nonprofit organization working for universal health care under a single-payer system for all people living in Colorado.

HCA is a nonprofit grassroots organization working for high quality, universal, single-payer health care.

A national grassroots campaign organizing millions of Americans to win a guarantee of quality, affordable health care for all.

Secure a short term medical insurance or health insurance quote online in 3 easy steps by visiting Health eDeals. Highly rated coverage as low as $31/mo.

Toll-free 1-877-793-6880 (M-F 8am-5pm CST)

Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change.

Its mission is to support the growing movement for a national single payer, guaranteed quality healthcare system.

The HealthWell Foundation provides financial assistance to eligible individuals to cover coinsurance, copayments, healthcare premiums and deductibles for certain treatments.

(link is to a PDF on program)
Toll-free 1-800-721-3272 (In-state only)

Toll-free 1-866-851-2751 (in-state only) or (217) 782-6333

Toll-free 1-800-552-7921 or (317) 614-2000

General Questions about Health Care and Medicaid.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners provides consumer insurance information for those considering or buying insurance.

Iowa’s Senior Health Insurance Information Program – can provide answers to questions on Medicare, Medicare supplement insurance, long term care insurance and other health insurance issues.

Toll-free 1-800-362-9290 (M-F 8am-5pm)

Kansas Medicare Wheatlands Administrative Services, a new subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, conducts Medicare business on behalf of the state.

Toll-free 1-866-405-6145

Know Your Care is a Wisconsin nonprofit dedicated to educating the American people about the Affordable Care Act’s life-saving consumer and patient protections that are already benefitting millions of Americans and will benefit millions more in the coming years as additional provisions are implemented.

Toll-free 1-800-736-0947 or (504) 926-6245

From the New England Journal of Medicine.

Toll-free 1-888-444-9016 (M-F 8am-5pm)

Medicaid in New York State works in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to assist in providing quality medical care for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and limited resources.

An organization dedicated to extending Medicare to all citizens regardless of age.

SHIP Volunteers offer FREE one-on-one assistance-and-counseling with respect to many problems seniors encounter regarding Medicare, supplemental health insurance and long-term care options.

State government resources for Californians needing help with Medicare and other government health insurance programs on federal, state and local levels.

The Medicare Resource Center is consumer focused, posting Medicare-related articles written by experienced health journalists, and also includes a glossary and links to other helpful Medicare-related resources. The Medicare guide is a relatively new offshoot of the Health Insurance Resource Center, a consumer-focused guide that’s been on the Web since 1994.

Hundreds of answers in one convenient place. A comprehensive guide to Medicare health insurance, a Medicare glossary and links to all the other best Medicare sites on the Internet.

Nominated for best documentary for the 2008 Academy Awards, Michael Moore’s SICKO is a searing indictment of America’s health care system, making the claim that the USA has a disfunctional system when compared to European countries, Canada and even Cuba.

Toll-free 1-866-894-8053

A coalition of groups dedicated to establishing comprehensive single-payer health care for all Minnesotans through advocacy, education, lobbying, and community organizing. The coalition states that health care is an essential human need and that unequal access to health care is an injustice. A single-payer system is the only system that can provide comprehensive, affordable, high quality health care for each and every person.

Toll-free 1-888-820-9400

Toll-free 1-800-447-7828

A national alliance working to improve America’s health care by pushing for affordable health care for all Americans.

(402) 343-3574 or toll-free 1-877-348-4304 (M-F 8am-4:30pm)

Toll-free 1-877-888-6447

(505) 622-4711

Toll-free 1-866-665-2117

The state agency which tries to reduce inequality in health status, information and resources on multicultural health.

Toll-free 1-800-255-6065 or (913) 362-0040

Toll-free 1-800-848-7280 or (503) 225-6620 (M-F 8am-5pm)

South Carolina’s program to provide Medicare coverage to children 18 and under who live in families with income at or below 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Level

A non-profit research and education organization of 15,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance.

An innovative creative boutique flash-frozen beneath the ice of Minnesota, specializing in writing and editing, graphic design, branding, SEO, custom programming solutions and social media. Creators of healthinsurance.org and many other top web properties.

Senior Health Insurance Benefit Advisors Program – services for Idaho citizens on Medicare.

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Toll-free phone 1-800-868-2500, ext. 42757,
or 1-803-788-0500, ext. 42757

605-773-3148 (ask for a Risk Pool representative)

Part of the department of Health and Social Services.

• Adult dental care services
• Chronic and Acute Medical Assistance (CAMA)
• Medicaid

The State of Colorado’s department of insurance provides official information all types of insurance.

Having trouble resolving a claims dispute with your health insurance company? You can file a complaint with this online complaint form, or write:

Colorado Division of Insurance
1560 Broadway, Suite 850
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303.894.7499 OR 800.930.3745

An excellent resources from the Kaiser Foundation with deep statistics on most health care numbers for every states.

1-888-486-9355

1-888-398-3927

On March 23, 2007, the Census Bureau released revised estimates for health insurance coverage in the United States.

A group of individuals and organizations committed to achieving health coverage for all Americans. Their Web site provides resources and shares information regarding the development of strategies for health care justice from the consumer’s point of view.

Toll-free 1-800-705-9173 or (801) 442-6660

Vote Health’s mission is to win accessible, high-quality health care for everyone, regardless of legal status or ability to pay.

Toll-free 1-800-877-5187

1-866-445-8491

Toll-free 1-800-828-4777

(307) 634-1393