source: HealthCare.gov languages: English from the web pages: "...This tool will help you find the health insurance best suited to your needs, whether it's private insurance for individuals, families, and small businesses, or public programs that may work for you. It was created to help consumers under the health insurance reform law, the Affordable Care Act..."
"This primer provides a basic overview of private coverage for health care. It begins by describing what we mean by private health coverage, and continues with discussions of the types of organizations that provide it, its key attributes, and how it is regulated..."
source:ConsumerReportsHealth.org languages: English from the web site: "The health-reform law is changing the health-insurance marketplace in big ways. The first changes—those that happen right away—took effect Sept. 23, 2010..."
"Individual health insurance is coverage that a person buys independently. It can be sold to a single individual, to a parent and dependent children, or to a family. The majority of Americans get their health insurance coverage through an employer or through a government program, but five percent of the population purchases private health coverage on an individual basis. Each state separately regulates how individual policies may be marketed and sold...."
also from National Association of Health Underwriters: web page: Consumer Guide To Group Health Insurance
languages: English from the web page: "...Group health insurance coverage is a policy that is purchased by an employer and is offered to eligible employees of the company (and often to the employees' family members) as a benefit of working for that company. The majority of Americans have group health insurance coverage through their employer or the employer of a family member..."
Insurance for Pre-Existing Condition, Chronic Medical Problem Coverage
source:Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan: HealthCare.gov languages: English from the web pages: "...PCIP will cover a broad range of health benefits, including primary and specialty care, hospital care, and prescription drugs. All covered benefits are available for you, beginning on your coverage effective date, even if it’s to treat a pre-existing condition - there are no waiting periods..."
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