- Industry: Insurance
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Aetna, Inc. is an American diversified health insurance company, providing a range of traditional and consumer directed health care insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, group life, long-term care, and disability plans, and medical ...
This refers to a group health plan. It means costs are shared between an employer and its employees.
Industry:Health care
This is a type of HMO plan. Doctors who give care are employees of the HMO. This is different from an “ independent practise association (IPA)” HMO. In an IPA-model HMO, the doctors who give care are not employees of the HMO.
Industry:Health care
This is a type of dental specialist. This specialist finds, prevents and corrects problems in how teeth are positioned in the jaws.
Industry:Health care
This is an amount charged to change policies. It must be paid when you change a group health plan to an individual policy.
Industry:Health care
The U.S. government uses this system to classify, or group, industries. They are grouped by their products or services.
Industry:Health care
Disability plans provide a source of income for people who cannot work because of illness or injury. These are called income benefits. Income from other sources may reduce payments made under the plan. These are called other income benefits. (They are also called “offsets” and “reductions.”) Social Security Disability and workers' compensation are two examples. See “Minimum benefit” and “Social Security Disability.”
Industry:Health care
This means people can buy a policy on their own after they leave a group plan. It may be offered with certain health and life insurance plans. It is often another choice besides COBRA coverage for health plans.
Industry:Health care
This is an agency that makes state insurance laws. It also makes sure insurance companies follow the laws in their state.
Industry:Health care
This is a limit on the costs a health plan member must pay for covered services. The limit can be yearly or a dollar amount.
Industry:Health care
