Insurance Basics: Home
Medical supplies and equipment, such as bandages and wheelchairs, and ambulance rides are often listed separately on bills and Explanation of Benefits (EOB) forms.
After you visit a provider, you may get a bill telling you how much you have to pay.
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.
If you´re a woman, you have different healthcare needs than men. Women may need access to birth control, or prenatal and maternity care.
Health insurance is important. It protects you against what can be the very high costs of healthcare. But, to get health insurance, you need to enroll, or sign up. And, in most cases, you can’t enroll in a health plan any time you want. You have to do it during certain times.