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Describes health care fraud, its risks, and ways you can avoid or prevent it. (National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association)

Covers the basics of the CHIP program, including what it covers, costs, and how to see if your child qualifies. (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

Provides information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), including making decisions about using CAM, selecting a CAM provider, and financial issues. (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Discusses health insurance basics, tips for buying health insurance, terminology, and frequently asked questions. (Insurance Information Institute)

Explains the health insurance marketplaces, the different coverage and plans options, affordability, and how to enroll. (Patient Advocate Foundation)

Provides information on both public and private health coverage options. (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

Provides advice and other tips for obtaining your medical records. (American Health Information Management Association)

Explains the different types of health insurance and gives advice on the types of insurance you are likely to need in different stages of your life (National Association of Insurance Commissioners)

Helps you understand the explanation of benefits you receive from your health insurance administrator. (Patient Advocate Foundation)

Guide to assist you in choosing, understanding, and utilizing your health plan. (Patient Advocate Foundation)

Provides advice on detecting medical identity theft, making corrections in your medical records, protecting your medical information, and detecting other identify theft problems. (Federal Trade Commission)

Provides information about enrollment, health care benefits and coverage, managing your health, and selecting health care providers.

Statistical reports on health and health care in the U.S. (National Center for Health Statistics)

Helps you understand how you or someone close to you can benefit from special care when dealing with the symptoms of painful or serious illness. (National Institute of Nursing Research)

Explains Medicaid coverage and how to find out if you're eligible. (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

Describes the different kinds of health insurance plans available today and answers questions you may have about health insurance. Also contains a glossary of health insurance terms. (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and America's Health Insurance Plans)

Helps you understand what long  care insurance is, what it costs, and how to select a plan. (National Association of Insurance Commissioners)

Guidance for finding the health plan that best meets your needs and preferences. (U. S. Department of Labor)

Fact sheet that explains the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Information on how to file a complaint if you believe that a person, agency or organization covered under the HIPAA Privacy Rule violated your health information privacy rights or committed another violation of the Privacy Rule. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights)

Quick overview of medical research, including how to find and understand research results. (National Institutes of Health)

General information on understanding laboratory tests. (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

Explains the use of a predetermined set of fees made by health plans. (Patient Advocate Foundation)

Explains the difference between D.O.s and M.D.s and gives a history of osteopathic medicine and physicians. (American Osteopathic Association)

When picking a health insurance plan, explains what you need to know about a plan's provider network. (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

Discusses provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule related to when and how health care providers may share your health information with your family members, friends, or others involved in your care or payment for care. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights)

Information for each state on where to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce records. (National Center for Health Statistics)

Explains regulations expanding dependent coverage for adult children up to age 26 as part of the Affordable Care Act. (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight)

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