Healthy Aging
Health Care - Issues and Resources
What do you get when you mix government and healthcare? A pool
of dense, murky water that seems impossible to see or swim through.
But learning about your rights and available resources is well worth
the investment in time. Here’s your compass to guide you into
the ever-confusing maze of public policy, insurance, prescription
drugs, and assistance programs.
National Association of Nutrition
and Aging Services Programs
The site of a professional membership organization representing
nutrition and other home and community based providers serving the
elderly and disabled across the United States.
Healthcare Policy Issues
Medical Board of California
This federal agency supports research on medical quality and efforts
to devise treatment guidelines.
National
Conference of State Legislatures
Analyzes the actions and roles of individual states in health care
policy.
National Committee for Quality Assurance
A nonprofit industry group that tries to set standards and evaluate
HMO plans, using widely used HEDIS measures whose results can be
made into organizational "report cards".
New England Journal of Medicine
This premier resource reports on biomedical issues, health care,
and health policy.
HMO Data
The home of managed care info.
Insurance
Insurance Assistance Programs
Medicare
Links to prescription assistance programs, directories of participating
physicians and medical suppliers, and tools to compare area nursing
homes and supplemental insurance plans.
Medicaid
The ins and outs of Medicaid, including drug and eligibility programs.
Prescription Drug Resources
Rx List
A searchable list of thousands of prescription drugs and their side
effects.
Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
Together Rx
This prescription savings program saves eligible Medicare enrollees
on more than 150 widely prescribed medicines–right at the
pharmacy counter.
LillyAnswers
Sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company, this program aids seniors
without prescription drug coverage whose incomes are too high to
qualify for Medicaid, but limited enough that paying cash for necessary
medicines presents a significant financial barrier.
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