Sources for Further Research
"State Laws Mandating Diabetes Health Coverage"
This report reviews states' laws that require health insurance coverage to include treatment for diabetes.
National Conference of State Legislatures, September 24, 2004
"The National Healthcare Quality Report"
The report includes a broad set of performance measures that can serve as baseline views of the quality of health care. The report presents data on the quality of services for seven clinical conditions, including cancer, diabetes, end-stage renal disease, heart disease, HIV and AIDS, mental health, and respiratory disease.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), December 2003
Kaiser Family Foundation: How Private Health Coverage Works: A Primer
This primer examines the structure and operation of private health insurance—including the types of organizations that provide it, how managed care is delivered, and how risk pools work—and describes how private health insurance coverage is regulated under state and federal laws. The primer explains how the current nature of private insurance relates to key issues facing federal and state policymakers.
Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2002
Kaiser Family Foundation: How Accessible is Individual Health Insurance for Consumers in Less-Than Perfect Health?
This report documents the findings of a study examining access to health insurance coverage in the individual market for people with health problems.
Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002
Healthinsuranceinfo.net: A Consumer Guide for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance
Through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, these consumer guides are available from the Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy. Healthinsuranceinfo.net provides periodic updates of its guides to the fifty states and the District of Columbia.
Health Insurance Information for People with Diabetes
This Web site provides information on health insurance options for diabetics.
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