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The most common reasons health insurance claims are denied. Common components of a group long-term disability contract. Questions and answers about STD/LTD insurance. Large collection of articles about disability and insurance issues. Insurance Company Credit Ratings - Life & Health - Standard & Poor's and Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.

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50 State Health Insurance Comparisons [20257] ?

Data on managed care enrollment, state consumer protection laws, state benefit requirements, etc.

Affordable Care Act - Guidance for Employers [36933] ?

Health care reform regulations and employer requirements

Affordable Care Act - Key Provisions Taking Effect Immediately [36932] ?

Overview of key provisions of the law that take effect immediately

Affordable Care Act - Rules for Health Plans on Extending Benefits for Children Under Age 27 [pdf] [36930] ?

Requirements for group health plans and health insurance issuers

Affordable Care Act - Tax Treatment of Benefits for Children Under Age 27 [pdf] [36929] ?

IRS guidance for businesses - required for the first plan year beginning on or after September 23, 2010

Affordable Care Act of 2010 [36931] ?

Text of the law - consists of 10 titles

Affordable Care Act - Benefit Appeal Rights [18718] ?

Appealing health plan decisions

New Affordable Care Act - Fact Sheets [40077] ?

Condensed summaries of important provisions in the Affordable Care Act

Affordable Care Act - Lifetime and Annual Limits [36926] ?

Restricts and phases out the annual dollar limits that all job-related plans

New Affordable Care Act - Summary of Coverage Template [pdf] [40078] ?

A proposed template for the Summary of Benefits and Coverage

Affordable Care Act - Tax Provisions [36928] ?

IRS guidance for businesses

Affordable Care Act - Young Adults [36936] ?

A fact sheet

Affordable Care Act of 2010: IRS Guidance [36922] ?

News releases and legal guidance related to health reform and business taxes

Basics: Social Security - Disability Program [1825] ?

Information on US Social Security Disability Insurance Program - SSDI

New CCIIO - Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight [40080] ?

Oversight for state-based health insurance exchanges - administer early retiree, PCIP, consumer assistance programs

Dependent Coverage of Children to Age 26 Requirements [36935] ?

Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their parents' health care plan until age 26

Disability Insurance Basics [28731] ?

An overview of the benefits, tax issues, coverages

Group Health Purchasing Pools Listed by State [3190] ?

Focuses on groups that offer recipients a choice of health plans

Health Benefits Advisor [26695] ?

Focuses primarily on the rights and options of individuals with respect to a group health plan

Health Care Reform [9157] ?

Help in understanding the new health care reforms

Health Insurance - Quality of Care [8856] ?

Tools to allow people to compare a variety of quality measures of care providers

Health Insurance Consumer Insurance Guide [877] ?

The basics on health insurance in the USA

Health Insurance Costs [24790] ?

Studies and surveys related to employer health benefits

Health Insurance Coverage 101 [13638] ?

Information for consumers on how to select coverage, etc.

Health Insurance Issues [29052] ?

Research papers related to health insurance in the USA

New Health Insurance Market Reforms [40079] ?

The Affordable Care Act includes a number of provisions that reform the health insurance market

Health Insurance Options [37899] ?

Insurer pricing and denial rates - compare cost estimates and benefits offered by different plans head to head

Health Reform and You [36934] ?

Key provisions of health reform and guidance on the benefits of the health reform laws

HIPAA Administrative Simplification Requirements [22631] ?

Understanding HIPAA Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Mental Health Coverage for Children [17378] ?

Checklist to determine if your health plan provides adequate mental health care for your child

PCIP - Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan [28689] ?

Read about PCIP and use the PCIP Map to learn more about how the program works in your state

Small Business - Health Care Reform [13639] ?

Guidance for small business of the Affordable Care Act

Small Employers: 2010 Average Health Insurance Premium [pdf] [36924] ?

IRS guidance for determining the small employer health insurance credit

Small Employers: Health Care Tax Credit FAQ [pdf] [36927] ?

Information on the credit as it applies for 2010-2013, including information on transition relief for 2010

Small Employers: Tax Credit for Employee Health Insurance [pdf] [36923] ?

IRS guidance on the health care tax credit as it relates to small business

Small Employers: Tax Incentives to Provide Health Care Coverage [36925] ?

The credit is specifically targeted to help small employers that primarily employ low- and moderate-income workers

Social Security Disability: FAQ [11766] ?

Over 50 questions and answers related to SS disability

State High Risk Health Insurance Pools [28800] ?

Information on state health risk pools for the medically uninsurable

State High Risk Health Insurance Pools [28801] ?

Links to state websites that give information about State Health Insurance Risk Pools

State-by-State Consumer Guides for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance [22632] ?

Summaries of state laws related to health insurance


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Government and industry sources of statistical data on health conditions

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Insurance industry data, including health insurance statistics

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Statistical data on mortality by occupation, industry, injury deaths, etc.

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Full text of US ERISA laws (Employee Retirement Income Security Act)

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Resources related to Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs)


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