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- The Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) coordinates the volunteer efforts of Maine attorneys and community members to help low-income people navigate the civil justice system. They provide free information, brief assistance and pro bono legal representation in civil legal matters to qualifying clients.
- COBRA gives workers who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited periods of time under certain circumstances. This page links to all COBRA items on the U.S. Department of Labor website.
- The General Assistance Medical Care program is open to low-income adults, aged 21-64, who have no dependent children and who do not qualify for federal health care programs. Income limits vary depending on family size and benefit level, and asset limits may apply. There are two levels of covered services - general health care (including prescriptions, eye care and dental) and hospital-only coverage. There is no cost for coverage for those who meet the income limits.
- This site provides an explanation of the health care options available for covering children in Texas. It reviews eligibility and application or contact information for Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool, private insurance, and high-risk insurance.
- This IRS document explains health savings accounts (HSAs), medical savings accounts (Archer MSAs and Medicare Advantage MSAs), health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs), and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs).
- This site lists the individual long term care insurance companies that are licensed in Connecticut.
- MassHealth Family Assistance offers coverage to children, some working adults, and people who are HIV positive who cannot get MassHealth Standard or MassHealth CommonHealth.
For families with children, it helps pays part of the premiums for health insurance through an employer, or allows families to enroll children in a health plan through MassHealth if they do not have or cannot get other health insurance.
- More than 280 college and university alumni associations sponsor an Alumni Insurance Program as a benefit to their alumni and family members.
- This page has comprehensive explanations of AFTRA benefits with downloadable claims forms.
- CMS provides a community-based comprehensive system of medical/health care for eligible children, birth to 21, with chronic medical conditions. CMS provides or pays for an array of services which include: comprehensive physical assessment, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, medications and treatments, therapy, durable (e.g. wheelchairs and braces) and disposable medical equipment, hearing aids, dental care if related to the CMS eligible condition, health education, and referral to and coordination of care with other providers (such as schools, day care programs, rehabilitative services, etc.).
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The Medi-Cal Public Inquiry & Response toll-free number assists residents of California with questions or complaints about Medi-Cal. This site also lists the contact information for the Medi-Cal Ombudsman, who investigates complaints about Medi-Cal providers, helps members with enrollment, and offers referrals and information. - This page has a list of links to publications to help seniors navigate the health insurance system. Information on Medicare, long term care, and prescription drugs are a few of the publications on this site.
- This guide provides a listing of insurance companies that have been licensed to sell Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Select, Medicare Savings and Long Term Care policies in Alabama so consumers can compare costs and benefiits.
- The 2-1-1 Idaho CareLine is a bilingual telephone service that provides free referrals to a comprehensive range of low cost or free health and human services.
- This pamphlet summarizes all health programs available through various Florida state agencies. It includes information on health care facilities, financial and health care assistance, insurance, services for the elderly, the disabled, children, and veterans, and other useful information.
- This brochure lists and explains most types of health insurance available in Arizona.
- This guide is designed to help consumers compare some of the policies that insurance companies offer to Maine residents. Eligibility for coverage, the type of benefits offered, and the cost of premiums vary among these companies.
- Medigap plans are discussed in depth in this brochure. All plans that are sold in Maine are listed with their costs, and explanations of coverage and benefits are provided. There is also a section on MaineCare, which provides more comprehensive benefits and a much better prescription drug coverage than a Medigap plan.
- Small employer health insurance is available in Maine from several insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs). This publication is meant to help small employers understand their options and to provide a comparison of some premiums available in the health insurance marketplace.
- This Guide is designed to assist small employers and their employees in making decisions about purchasing health insurance.
- There are 12 standard Medicare supplemental (Medigap) insurance plans that help pay some of costs in the Original Medicare plan and some health care costs that Original Medicare doesn't cover. This AARP article explains the benefits of each.
- AIM provides low-cost health insurance coverage to uninsured, middle-income pregnant women and their newborns. This site explains benefits, eligibility, and how to apply.
- Access Health is a community-owned health plan developed to help small and mid-size businesses provide health care benefits to employees and their dependents. Access Health offers complete health coverage for the working uninsured of Muskegon and Northern Ottawa Counties.
- The ABCD Program focuses on preventive and restorative dental care for Medicaid-eligible children from birth to age six, with emphasis on enrollment by age one. This page has a clickable map with local ABCD dental clinics.
- The Access to Health Insurance program provides premium assistance for employees of Idaho small businesses (2-50 employees), as well as premium assistance for the employee's dependents. In order to participate, employers must pay at least 50 percent of the employee’s premium.
- The Actors' Equity Association negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a variety of benefits, including health and pension plans, for its members. Pension, health and 401(k) benefits are made possible by the Equity-League Funds.
- The Chamber of Commerce offers its members health and dental plans through several insurers.
- Adult Day Services help participants to remain in the community, enabling families and other caregivers to continue caring for an impaired member at home. This site provides a list of all adult day service centers in Oklahoma.
- In order to help Cass County residents remain safely in their own homes for as long as possible, all are eligible for home visits from a registered nurse or from a paraprofessional such as a home health aide or homemaker. The recommended donation for these services are based on income, and some clients are able to receive assistance from the county. Health aide and homemaker services include light housekeeping, shopping, and personal care. RN services include assessment of the individual's physical and mental health status and of the safety of the home environment, medication set-up and monitoring, and health education and support.
- ABC for Health is dedicated to ensuring health care access for children and families, particularly those with special needs or who are at risk by providing health care consumers with information, advocacy tools, legal services, and support. Their Health Benefits Counselors suggest coverage or payment options and can also help apply for coverage. Services are free and confidential to families with children under age 19 and pregnant women. In cases where health care or Medicaid eligibility is denied, legal services are provided, when needed, on a sliding scale.
- The Aging and Adult Administration provides information and services to seniors within Arizona through Adult Protective Services, Benefits Counseling, Long Term Care Ombudsman, Program Legal Services Assistance, and the Older Workers Program/Title V. Each of these services assists in accomplishing the administration's goal to provide opportunities for keeping vulnerable adults and older persons in their homes and communities.
- This site links to nursing homes, boarding homes, adult family homes, and other services, programs and resources available to help adults continue to live at home.
- Aging Kansas is a gateway for anyone seeking information about aging, seniors, services for seniors, legislation concerning aging or seniors, and advocacy for elders. These sites contain a wealth of healthcare and nutrition resources for residents of Kansas and elsewhere.
- AFC provides medical coverage to eligible families with a child in the household under 18 years (or 19 if he or she is a full-time student). The coverage includes doctor's office visits, hospitalization, prescriptions, lab work, and behavioral health services. The income limit is 100% of the FPL. This site has information on benefits and how to apply.
- The Kansas AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) is a statewide program that helps eligible clients obtain medications for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. All FDA-approved medications for the treatment of HIV infection, including other medications that are utilized for prevention and treatment of secondary infections, are on the current formulary.
- The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) provides HIV/AIDS related prescription drugs to uninsured and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS. As a payer of last resort, ADAP only serves individuals who have neither public nor private insurance or cannot get all of their medication needs met through their insurance payer. The ADAP Drug Formulary is the list of medications ADAP pays for. Minnesota’s formulary includes all primary HIV treatment drugs, Opportunistic Infection (OI) drugs and a number of side effect drugs.
- The AIDS Legal Network for Connecticut (ALN), is a statewide program that gives legal information, advice, brief service, representation and referral to people living with HIV/AIDS in Connecticut. They also provide legal education and legal technical assistance to people working within the HIV service community and to family members/support givers. There are no other programs within the state offering legal case management services specifically for people with HIV.
- The Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Health Insurance Subsidy Program helps eligible HIV- positive people maintain access to health insurance when they reduce their work hours, take unpaid medical leave, or terminate employment by subsidizing (that is, covering all or part of the cost of) policy premiums.
- The goal of the Alabama AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) is to reduce associated morbidity/mortality among HIV infected persons by delaying the progression of HIV disease through prevention and treatment of HIV complications.
- This site lists all state-awarded benefits in Alabama.
- Alabama Medicaid pays for medical and long-term care services for qualified, low-income pregnant women, children, certain people on Medicare, disabled individuals and nursing home residents. Click on 'Apply for Medicaid' for full eligibility information, and on 'Programs' for an explanation of benefits.
- All companies licensed to sell Medicare Advantage plans are listed here.
- All companies licensed to sell Medigap inurance are listed here, with contact information and links when available.
- Alabama's Early Intervention System (AEIS) provides intervention services for eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. Infants and toddlers from birth through age 2 are eligible to receive appropriate services if they are delayed by 25 percent or more in their cognitive, physical, communicative, social, emotional or adaptive development, or if they have a diagnosis of a physical and/or medical condition that will likely result in developmental delay.
- Alaska ADAP provides medications currently approved by the FDA for the treatment of HIV disease to eligible individuals who meet income guidelines and other requirements. This site also provides other important resources and contacts for individuals living with HIV in Alaska.
- This comprehensive guide to insurance explains how health insurance policies are sold, the different types available, what to consider in purchasing a policy, laws in Alaska concerning health insurance, and much more.
- This site provides information on Alaska's Medicaid Benefits, including services covered, limits, copayments and reimbursement methodologies.
- This site offers a comprehensive guide to comparing and purchasing a long-term care insurance policy.
- The guide provides a definition and overview of Medicare Supplement Insurance policies, an explanation of how to read each plan's benefits, and charts to compare coverage and value.