Finding and Affording Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

If you or someone close to you has opioid use disorder, also called opioid addiction, you aren’t alone. Find out about how you can afford treatment—no matter what your income level is—and about resources for support.

Healthcare Quality: Getting the Right Care at the Right Price

How do you know if you're getting good healthcare? With other types of services, you can look for a highly recommended plumber, or go to the restaurant with the best reviews. But healthcare is complicated. Still, there is some information you can look to before you choose a healthcare provider.

Trends in Where to Get Care

You have choices about where to get healthcare. It could be your doctor’s office, an urgent care center, a retail clinic, telehealth or elsewhere. FAIR Health has information we call FH Healthcare Indicators® on the latest trends in the places where people get care.

Spring Cleaning for Your Medical Records

If your medical papers have been piling up, springtime is a good time to get them in order. Find out here what to keep and how you might use those records.

Telehealth: A New Way of Getting Healthcare

Telehealth, also called telemedicine, is becoming more popular as a way of getting healthcare. Telehealth delivers care and information through electronic devices, like telephones, tablets and computers. That means you may not have to travel to an office, clinic or hospital.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Negotiating Out-of-Network Costs

Since providers can decide how much to charge for out-of-network care, that charge sometimes can be higher than you expected. You can use our free Medical and Dental Cost Lookup Tools to discuss and negotiate the cost of care with out-of-network providers.

Preventive and Wellness Care for the New Year

With a new year ahead, now is a good time to think about prevention and wellness. Preventive and wellness services can help you to stay healthy and get healthier. Many services are covered for free by most health insurance plans.

How Dental Plans Differ from Medical Plans

Most medical insurance plans don’t cover dental care, so for that you need a separate dental plan. If you have a dental plan, it’s important to know how it’s similar to a medical plan—and how it’s different.

A Look Back at a Year of the FAIR Health Consumer Website

At fairhealthconsumer.org, FAIR Health provides consumers with free online healthcare cost lookup tools and insurance information. Who visits the website, and what are they looking for? We decided to do a study of 2018 to find out. Let’s take a look back at the last year on our award-winning website.

Fall Is Open Enrollment Season

As the leaves change color, it’s a good time to think about health insurance. That’s because fall is open enrollment season—the time of year when you can sign up for a health plan or make changes to the plan you have.

Types of Health Plans

When shopping for a health plan, you may see a plan described as an HMO, PPO, POS or EPO. Those abbreviations are important because the coverage, rules and typical costs differ for each type of plan.

Mental Health Parity Law Turns Ten Years Old

Mental health is an important part of our well-being. Thanks to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, most health insurance plans that cover mental health must provide the same level of coverage for mental as for physical healthcare.