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Part One: Getting Started
Part Two: Getting Covered
Reference Guide
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Coverage Types
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Purchasing Coverage
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Reference Guide
Other Resources
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Purchasing Insurance Online

Buying Health Insurance Online: Tips for Consumers. This December 2002 publication by the California HealthCare Foundation will help you navigate the sea of online purchasing. www.chcf.org

Health Plans
Aetna. Reliable benefit information; also provides an online tool to help users complete the enrollment/change form. www.aetna.com

Blue Cross of California.
Reliable benefit information; also offers agent referrals. (800.777.6000) www.bluecrossca.com

Blue Shield of California.
Reliable benefit information. (888.568.3560) www.mylifepath.com

Health Net.
Reliable benefit information. (800.331.1777) www.healthnet.com

Kaiser Permanente.
Reliable benefit information. Only health plan site with small group quotes. Only online channel for purchasing Kaiser individual coverage, which is not available through broker sites. (800.788.0616) www.kaiserpermanente.org

PacifiCare.
Reliable individual and small group benefit information. (800.730.7270) www.pacificare.com

PacifiCare/Secure Horizons. Reliable Medicare benefit information. (800.730.7270) www.securehorizons.com

Purchasing Alliances
CaliforniaChoice. A purchasing alliance that offers several different carriers and products. (800.542.4218 ext. 2530) www.californiachoice.com

PacAdvantage Health Plan. A purchasing alliance that offers several different carriers and products. (877.735.5742) www.pacadvantage.org
Other documents in the Other Resources section:

Advocacy Organizations
Brokers and Agents
Health Care Services for the Uninsured
Health Savings Accounts
Insurer Rating Companies
Local Small Business Health Insurance Projects
Public and Subsidized Insurance Programs
Purchasing Alliances in California
Purchasing Insurance Online
Quality of Health Care
Regulatory Information
Select Trade/Professional Associations
Tax and Business Resources
Workers' Compensation

 

 
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