| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 Aos publicat |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Health insurance resource manual. ©2003 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Chronically ill -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Health insurance -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Chronic diseases.
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People with disabilities.
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Medically uninsured persons.
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Insurance, Health
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Chronic Disease
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Disabled Persons
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Medically Uninsured
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MEDICAL -- Medicaid & Medicare.
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People with disabilities
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Medically uninsured persons
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Chronic diseases
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Chronically ill
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Health insurance
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| SUBJECT |
United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cooper, Stephen, 1946-
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Calder, Kimberly.
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Northrop, Dorothy E., 1942-
Health insurance resource manual
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| LC no. |
2006026757 |
| ISBN |
9781934559611 |
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193455961X |
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9781441634412 |
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144163441X |
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1282387618 |
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9781282387614 |
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9786612387616 |
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6612387610 |
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