A Consumers' Guide to Health Insurance and Health Programs in North Carolina, 2003

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: About A Consumer's Guide

Chapter 2: How to Shop for Health Insurance

Chapter 3: Individual (Non-Group) Policies

Chapter 4: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Access Program

Chapter 5: Continuation and Conversion Policies

Chapter 6: Medicare Supplement (Medigap) Policies

Chapter 7: Long-Term Care Insurance

Chapter 8: Health Insurance for Small Businesses

Chapter 9: Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

Chapter 10: Health Insurance for Large Businesses

Chapter 11: ERISA Plans

Chapter 12: Medicaid

Chapter 13: NC Health Choice for Children

Chapter 14: Medicare

Chapter 15: State Health Programs

Chapter 16: Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services

Chapter 17: Hill-Burton

Chapter 18: Community, Migrant, and Rural Health Centers

Chapter 19: Free and Low-Cost Clinics

Chapter 20: Area Health Education Centers Program (AHEC)

Chapter 21: Hospitals Access to Emergency Services

Chapter 22: Planned Parenthood

Chapter 23: Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs

Chapter 24: Consumer Protections

Chapter 25: Acronyms and Glossary

Appendix A: Federal Poverty Guidelines

Appendix B: County Directory

Index

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