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Choosing a Health Plan

Your employer may offer more than one health plan, or you may be shopping for your own individual plan.8 minutes read

Choosing a Health Plan
Preventive Care and Wellness Services: Coverage and Costs

Preventive services, such as vaccines and screenings, can help you avoid certain diseases and catch others in their early stages, to limit the harm they can cause. 6 minutes read

Preventive Care and Wellness Services: Coverage and Costs
In-Network and Out-of-Network Care

Your plan contracts with a wide range of doctors and other practitioners, as well as hospitals, labs, radiology facilities, pharmacies and other providers. These are the providers in your “network”. Each of these providers has agreed to take your plan´s contracted rate as payment in full for services.
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Dental Plans

Most medical plans do not include coverage for many dental services. Often, dental services are covered under a separate plan. Like medical plans, most dental plans have specific out-of-pocket costs, like coinsurance, copayments and deductibles.
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How to Review Your Medical Bill

After you visit a provider, you may get a bill telling you how much you have to pay.
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If Your Plan Doesn't Pay (Appealing a Reimbursement Decision)

Suppose your insurer won´t pay for a healthcare service, or pays less than you had expected. You have the right to “appeal”, or ask for your case to be formally reconsidered.
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New York State of Health

NY State of Health is New York´s official online healthcare Marketplace. Individuals, families and small business owners in New York can use NY State of Health to compare health plans, and join the one that best meets their needs.
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Questions to Ask

NY State of Health is New York´s official online healthcare Marketplace. Individuals, families and small business owners in New York can use NY State of Health to compare health plans, and join the one that best meets their needs.
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Choosing Your Healthcare Provider In-Network and Out-of-Network Care

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Before you choose a new health plan, make sure it covers the doctors, hospitals, services and medicines that you use the most.