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Your employer may offer more than one health plan, or you may be shopping for your own individual plan.
Preventive services, such as vaccines and screenings, can help you avoid certain diseases and catch others in their early stages, to limit the harm they can cause.
Your health insurance ID card is your proof of insurance. You use it when you visit the doctor, hospital or other provider.
If you´ve been diagnosed with a chronic condition, this article will give you some guidelines to help manage your care and costs. In it you will learn how you can get help to:
Receiving care from a provider in your health plan´s network usually costs you much less than going to an out-of-network provider.
Our mental and emotional health is a vital part of our well-being. If we don´t get the help we need, mental and emotional health problems can hurt our relationships with our family and friends, our jobs and even our communities.