Insurance Help

One of the biggest components of the Affordable Care Act (also known as “Health Care Reform”) was a push towards consumer-friendly access to information. Accordingly, the new health care law created a national website, known as “The Portal” to explain not only how the law has changed the face of health care by expanding coverage options, but how different plans and options function together.

The main page for The Portal is at http://www.healthcare.gov.

Healthcare.gov also allows users to figure out what insurance options they have available to them (available at: http://finder.healthcare.gov/) and, in the context of figuring out which option is best, the website has a section on how to compare providers, (available at: http://www.healthcare.gov/compare/index.html).

We’ll have to wait a little longer for the full law to go into effect, but starting in 2014, the website will let individuals and small businesses compare specific health plans, known as “Exchanges”, against each other—allowing people to “get answers to questions, find out if they are eligible for tax credits for private insurance or health programs like the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and enroll in a health plan that meets their needs.” For more information about Health Insurance Exchanges, please go to: http://www.healthcare.gov/law/features/choices/exchanges/
One of the biggest components of the Affordable Care Act (also known as “Health Care Reform”) was a push towards consumer-friendly access to information. Accordingly, the new health care law created a national website, known as “The Portal” to explain not only how the law has changed the face of health care by expanding coverage options, but how different plans and options function together.

The main page for The Portal is at http://www.healthcare.gov.

Healthcare.gov also allows users to figure out what insurance options they have available to them (available at: http://finder.healthcare.gov/) and, in the context of figuring out which option is best, the website has a section on how to compare providers, (available at: http://www.healthcare.gov/compare/index.html).

We’ll have to wait a little longer for the full law to go into effect, but starting in 2014, the website will let individuals and small businesses compare specific health plans, known as “Exchanges”, against each other—allowing people to “get answers to questions, find out if they are eligible for tax credits for private insurance or health programs like the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and enroll in a health plan that meets their needs.” For more information about Health Insurance Exchanges, please go to: http://www.healthcare.gov/law/features/choices/exchanges/