Health Insurance
Understanding Health Insurance
- Getting and Keeping Health Insurance (Georgetown University Health Policy Institute)
- Glossary of Terms (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- Glossary of Terms (NC Institute of Medicine)
- Health Insurance Related Publications (NC Department of Insurance)
- Managed Care in NC-HEDIS Report (NC Department of Insurance)
- Questions and Answers for Dislocated Workers (U.S. Department of Labor)
Medicare & Medicaid
- Medicare (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- NC Medicare Part D Plans (National Insurance Markets, Inc.)
- SHIIP Publications (NC Department of Insurance)
These publications answer questions about Medicare, Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage, Medicare prescription drug plans, long-term care insurance and other health insurance concerns.
Free or Discounted Services
- NC Cancer Assistance Unit
Provides financial assistance for treatment of low-income, uninsured patients with cancer in North Carolina. - nchealthcarehelp.org
Find free and reduced cost healthcare services for North Carolinians. - Partnership for Prescription Assistance
Find free or discounted prescription drug programs.
Other Insurance Types
- Continuation of Coverage (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- Co-Pay Relief (Patient Advocate Foundation)
- Disability Income Insurance (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- Group Health Insurance (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- Health Savings Accounts (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- High-Risk Pools (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- Individual Health Insurance (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- Long-Term Care (National Association of Health Underwriters)
- SHIIP Long Term Care Insurance (NC Department of Insurance)
Resources compiled by the Health Sciences Library at UNC-Chapel Hill.