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HOW TO ACCESS HEALTH INSURANCE


As Advocacy for Patients finds new resources, we will share them with you by posting links here.

For health insurance, try the following:

bullet Jennifer Jaff on health insurance on Healthtalk.com - this is a very comprehensive interview that will answer all of your questions about health insurance and then some.

bullet Health Insurance 101: How To Get Coverage, by Advocacy for Patients' Jennifer C. Jaff, Esq., published in the Spring edition of Take Charge, the magazine of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.

bullet For state-by-state information about what health insurance options are available, go to the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute's website here or the National Association of Health Underwriters website here.

bullet To find a free clinic near you, go here.

bullet Patient Services, Inc. provides financial assistance to help pay the costs of insurance and health care for a specified list of diseases.

bullet For information on choosing a Medicare plan, go here.


If you have a dispute with your insurance company over whether something your doctor ordered is covered, instructions on how to write an appeal are here.


Although Advocacy for Patients has not had direct experience with all of these, but we urge you to explore them -- and please share your feedback so we can evaluate the various organizations.