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Insurance Education

Consumer Action's Insurance Education Project is a site to help you make wise decisions when you buy insurance. The site, run by the national education and advocacy organization Consumer Action, features tools, educational publications, FAQs, news and other information to keep you covered.

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News

July 03, 2009 Is travel insurance necessary?
July 02, 2009 Protections for victims of auto bankruptcies
July 01, 2009 Many with insurance still bankrupted by health crises
June 30, 2009 New GM to accept some liability
June 30, 2009 Blood samples raise privacy questions

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CA News & Special Reports

CA News Logo Health Care Action Issue [Spring 2009] The Health Care Action Issue features articles on heath care reform, how to get health coverage, health savings accounts, new help for laid-off workers with COBRA premiums, tips to control health care costs and a bold health coverage experiment in San Francisco. ( Tuesday, April 14, 2009 )

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Five Recent Publications

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

California's Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program for 2009 (Armenian). Notes for Macintosh Firefox and Camino users : due to a bug in these browsers, you will have display issues with Armenian text, and please use the PDF file instead.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

California's Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program for 2009 (Japanese).

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Recommended Publications

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Medicare Insurance Fact Sheets. The California Health Advocates provides accurate information on Medicare Insurance, and other healthcare benefits. Their website now features a variety of facts sheets on Medicare Insurance in various languages.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Patient’s Guide to HIPAA Cover Art Patient’s Guide to HIPAA. This guide explains how you can use the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to protect your medical privacy.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Filing a health information privacy complaint. You have the right to file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for violations of your medical privacy.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Health insurance 'Premiums vs Paychecks'. Throughout the first eight years of the new millennium, health care costs have skyrocketed, while working families’ wages have stood still.

Friday, September 05, 2008

The Crime You Pay For Cover Art The Crime You Pay For. A brochure outlining how insurance fraud scams hurt everyone.