Health Law & Policy Institute
Choosing a Health Care Plan
Introduction
This self-help and resource
guide is intended to assist people with cancer, cancer survivors, and others
concerned with cancer coverage to better understand and choose a health care
plan. The guide addresses the types of health plans, questions to ask
when considering a plan, evaluating the quality of health plans, obtaining insurance
coverage, and choosing a physician, together with a list of references and additional
resources.
The information is current
through August 1998. However, please note that health law and government
policy change rapidly in this area. Also, the guide is not intended to
offer individual legal advice, since application of the law to particular facts
is beyond the scope of any publication.
The Health Law & Policy
Institute at the University of Houston prepared this guide under the direction
of the Texas Cancer Council's Managed Care Steering Committee, with funding
provided by the council. The committee was created in FY 1997 to identify
program and policy initiatives that should be supported by the council to enhance
the availability of cancer prevention and control services in a managed care
environment.
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