- 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 is a life insurance product. It offers a death benefit. It also lets members build up a fund that helps them save on taxes. If members leave the group or retire, they can take their coverage with them.
Industry:Health care
These are teeth that never existed in your mouth. This is a condition that existed at, or dates from, your birth.
Industry:Health care
These are groups of doctors, specialists or health centers. They give care for special services. For example, services could be for mental health and drug abuse.
Industry:Health care
This applies to life insurance plans. It is the dollar amount a person may qualify for without proof of good health. See “Evidence of Insurability.”
Industry:Health care
This plan helps you control more of your health benefit dollars. It includes a fund or account that can be used to pay for your medical expenses. Most health funds allow unused dollars to be rolled over from year to year, for as long as you stay in the plan. Some plans allow the fund to go with you, even if you change jobs.
Industry:Health care
This is for people with a Medicare plan. It is a time when they can change their benefits because something in their life changes. Examples are moving out of a plan service area, or being able to get Medicaid. If nothing in their life changed, they must wait for an enrollment period.
Industry:Health care
A health assessment is a form or online tool to help you find out how healthy you are. It also helps you see if you are at risk for future illnesses. It gathers information by asking a series of questions. It may be used to help decide which health programs would be good for you.
Industry:Health care
This is a term for a new movement in health care. Its goal is to have everyone more involved in their own care. This means people will have more information to make better decisions about their health care. It includes knowing the real costs of health care and taking an active role in managing those costs.
Industry:Health care
This is a Medicare Advantage HMO or PPO plan. It is for smaller groups of people who get Medicare. There are three types of these plans. The first type is for those who receive both Medicare and state Medicaid. The second type is for those who live in a long-term care home. The third type is for those with a condition that is disabling.
Industry:Health care
This is any plan that helps pay for health care services. There are many types of plans. Some are limited to certain types of services. Some plans cover only hospitalizations, for example. Some plans offer open access to doctors. Some offer access to network doctors only.
Industry:Health care
