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PA Health Law Project Toll-Free Helpline - Call: 1-800-274-3258 The PA Health Law Project provides free legal services and advocacy to Pennsylvanians having trouble accessing publicly funded health care coverage or services. For assistance, call the PHLP Helpline at 1-800-274-3258 or 1-866-236-6310 TTY or e-mail the PHLP at staff@phlp.org. Information from the PHLP is also available online at www.phlp.org.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
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Health Care Coverage When Leaving or Switching Jobs - Guide for Advocates
(Separate Website)
General overview of the rules for moving from one employer health plan to another or for moving from an employer plan to an individual health care plan.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Your Right to HealthCare Coverage When Leaving or Switching Jobs
(Separate Website)
This brochure provides a general overview of the rules around moving from one employer sponsored healthcare coverage to another and the rules around moving from employer sponsored healthcare coverage to individual health insurance.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Health Benefits Advisor
(Separate Website)
The Health Benefits Advisor is designed to help workers and their families better understand employer and employee organization (such as a union) provided group health benefits and the laws that govern them, especially when they experience changes in their life and work situations--such as marriage, childbirth, job loss or retirement.
By: United States Department of Labor
Consumer Information on Health Plans
(Separate Website)
Listing of resources for consumers regarding health benefits.
By: United States Department of Labor
Continuation of Health Coverage - COBRA
(Separate Website)
Information about a federal program program that provides continued health care coverage for people who lose their benefits.
By: United States Department of Labor
Job Loss - Important Information Workers Need To Know To Protect Their Health Coverage and Retirement Benefits
(Separate Website)
When facing job loss or a reduction in hours, workers need to know their options ahead of time to prevent loss of health coverage. This Fact Sheet provides information on several options that may be available to individuals who are losing their health coverage when they lose their jobs, as well as options available regarding rolling over or cashing out retirement benefits.
By: United States Department of Labor
Retirement And Health Care Coverage - Questions and Answers For Dislocated Workers
(Separate Website)
This booklet addresses some of the common questions dislocated workers ask about their retirement and health care coverage. In addition, there is a brief guide to additional resources at the back. Together, they can help you in making critical decisions about your health care coverage and your retirement benefits.
By: United States Department of Labor
Reservists Called To Active Duty
(Separate Website)
Information on the rights of Reserve and National Guard units called to active duty with respect to the retirement and health benefits provided by their private-sector employers as they prepare to be deployed.
By: United States Department of Labor
Retirement & Health Care Benefits... Questions & Answers for Reservists
(Separate Website)
This publication provides questions and answers for reservists about their rights protecting their retirement benefits and the health benefit options available to their family members to maintain health coverage during the time of active duty.
By: United States Department of Labor
Your Employer's Bankruptcy - How Will It Affect Your Employee Benefits?
(Separate Website)
Information on how your retirement and health benefits might be affected when your employer files for bankruptcy.
By: United States Department of Labor
EBSA's Participant Assistance And Outreach Program
(Separate Website)
Information on the Employee Benefits Security Administration's participant assistance and outreach program which is designed to educate participants, beneficiaries and plan sponsors about their rights and obligations under employee benefit laws, and to assist individuals in obtaining retirement and health benefits that have been improperly denied.
By: United States Department of Labor
Portability of Health Coverage (HIPAA)
(Separate Website)
Information on Federal Laws that provide rights and protection for people participating in group or individual health plans.
By: United States Department of Labor
Health Privacy: A Fact Sheet for Pennsylvania Consumers
(Separate Website)
Information on your right to privacy in health information collected on applications from filing claims, and during other insurance transactions.
By: Pennsylvania Insurance Department
Pension and Health Care Coverage, Q&As for Dislocated Workers
(Separate Website)
Information regarding what could happen to your health and pension benefits if you lose your job or your hours are reduced below full-time.
By: United States Department of Labor
Employee Retirement Income Security Act - ERISA
(Separate Website)
An introduction to federal protections for people participating in many volunteer employee health plans.
By: United States Department of Labor
Newborns and Mother Protection (Newborn's Act)
(Separate Website)
Information about maternity and newborn coverage in health care plans.
By: United States Department of Labor
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Protections
(Separate Website)
Information about health care plan coverage for women who have breast cancer and are considering a mastectomy.
By: United States Department of Labor
If You're Self Employed
(Separate Website)
Fact Sheet for people who are self-employed regarding paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, earning credits, calculating net earnings, and more.
By: Social Security Administration
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HealthCare.gov
(Separate Website)
HealthCare.gov is a federal government Website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services providing information on health care options that are available.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Temporary High Risk Pool Program
(Separate Website)
Information on a high risk pool program included in the historic new health reform law to help provide affordable health insurance coverage to people who are uninsured because of pre-existing conditions.
By: HealthCare.gov
The Affordable Care Act's New Patient's Bill of Rights
(Separate Website)
The new Patient's Bill of Rights under the Affordable Care Act - which will help children (and eventually all Americans) with pre-existing conditions gain coverage and keep it - protects all American's choice of doctors and end lifetime limits on the care consumers may receive. These new protections apply to nearly all health insurance plans
By: HealthCare.gov
Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act: Protecting Young Adults and Eliminating Burdens on Families and Businesses
(Separate Website)
Provides information on the Affordable Care Act provisions that allow young adults to stay on their parents? health care plan until age 26.
By: HealthCare.gov
A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Pennsylvania
(Separate Website)
This guide describes your protections as a resident of Pennsylvania. Chapter 1 gives an overview of your protections. Chapters 2 and 3 explain your protections under group and individual health plans. Chapter 4 highlights your protections as a small employer. Chapter 5 summarizes help that may be available to you if you cannot afford health coverage.
By: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
A Consumer Guide to Handling Disputes with Your Employer or Private Health Plan, 2005 Update
(Separate Website)
Guide to help consumers through the process of resolving disputes with their health plans. It includes information about how consumers can take advantage of their health plans' internal processes to resolve disputes, as well as external review processes as allowed under state laws.
By: The Kaiser Family Foundation and Consumers Union
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