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Pay For Your Health Care
Seek insurance and manage the worrisome chores of arranging and paying for care.
 | How Much Will Your Health Care Cost? |
 | What Are Medicare and Medicaid? |
 | Paying for Prescription Medications |
 | Health Insurance: Glossary of Common Terms |
 | Getting Health Insurance |
PREPARED PATIENT ARTICLES
 | Coping With the High Costs of Prescriptions As patients pay more for their prescription drugs, many people decide to cut their pills in half or opt out of taking the drugs altogether. But there are safer ways to cut costs than skimping on — or skipping — the medicines you need. |
 | Retail Clinics: What's in Store for Health Care You're sick, but your doctor's office says the next open appointment is in two weeks. Or you're traveling, don't have a primary care physician or don't have health insurance. For all these reasons and more, potential patients are turning increasingly to retail clinics to cure their minor ailments. |
 | How to Find and Use Health Insurance Whether you have a preexisting condition or not, are new to shopping for insurance or trying to figure out what coverage you do have, there are resources to help with this often complicated but important purchase. |
 | Do I Have to Go to the Dentist? Oral Health Starts Early Increasingly, children are losing their baby teeth not due to the budding of their permanent teeth but to the ravages of early decay and cavities. For some parents, this is a result of a lack of understanding about the importance of oral health, even at an early age. |
 | Young Adults Taking the Health Care Reins Your parents still might be willing to do your laundry, but if you’re over 18, they can’t make your medical decisions. Are you ready to navigate the adult health care system? |
