Skip to main content
Logo for WebMD
Logo for WebMD
  • Coronavirus Update
  • Check Your Symptoms
  • Find A Doctor
  • Find A Dentist
  • Connect to Care
  • Find Lowest Drug Prices
  • Health
    A-Z
    Health A-Z
    Health A-Z
    Common Conditions
    • ADD/ADHD
    • Allergies
    • Arthritis
    • Cancer
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    • Depression
    • Diabetes
    • Eye Health
    • Heart Disease
    • Lung Disease
    • Orthopedics
    • Pain Management
    • Sexual Conditions
    • Skin Problems
    • Sleep Disorders
    • View All
    Resources
    • Symptom Checker
    • WebMD Blogs
    • Podcasts
    • Newsletters
    • Questions & Answers
    • Insurance Guide
    • Find a Doctor
    • Children's Conditions A-Z
    • Surgeries and Procedures A-Z
    • Featured Topics
    • woman experiencing chest discomfort Symptom Checker COVID-19: Check Your Symptoms Now
    • photo of migraine Slideshow Get Help for Migraine Relief
  • Drugs &
    Supplements
    Drugs & Supplements
    Drugs & Supplements
    Find & Review
    • Drugs
    • Supplements
    Drug Basics & Safety
    • Commonly Abused Drugs
    • Taking Meds When Pregnant
    Tools
    • Manage Your Medications
    • Pill Identifier
    • Check for Interactions
    • Drug Comparison Tool
    • Featured Topics
    • assorted vitamins Slideshow Vitamins You Need as You Age
    • berry and yogurt on spoon Slideshow Supplements for Better Digestion
  • Living
    Healthy
    Living Healthy
    Living Healthy
    Diet, Food & Fitness
    • Diet & Weight Management
    • Weight Loss & Obesity
    • Food & Recipes
    • Fitness & Exercise
    Beauty & Balance
    • Healthy Beauty
    • Health & Balance
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Oral Care
    Living Well
    • Women's Health
    • Men's Health
    • Aging Well
    • Healthy Sleep
    • Healthy Teens
    • Featured Topics
    • grocery cart Article Smart Grocery Shopping When You Have Diabetes
    • walking sneakers Quiz Do You Know the Benefits of Walking?
  • Family &
    Pregnancy
    Family & Pregnancy
    Family & Pregnancy
    All About Pregnancy
    • Getting Pregnant
    • First Trimester
    • Second Trimester
    • Third Trimester
    • View All
    Parenting Guide
    • Newborn & Baby
    • Children's Health
    • Children's Vaccines
    • Raising Fit Kids
    • View All
    Pet Care Essentials
    • Healthy Cats
    • Healthy Dogs
    • View All
    • Featured Topics
    • apple slices and peanut butter Slideshow Smart Snacks When You're Pregnant
    • photo of dogs kissing Slideshow Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Dogs and Cats
  • News &
    Experts
    News & Experts
    News & Experts
    Health News
    • Coronavirus News & Updates
    • COVID-19 Vaccines -- Latest Updates Here
    • COVID-19: Check Your Symptoms Now
    • Coronavirus in Context: Interviews With Experts
    • Social Distancing, Quarantine Explained
    Experts & Community
    • WebMD Blogs
    • News Center
    • Featured Topics
    • photo of coronavirus cell WebMD News Get the Latest COVID-19 News Here
    • photo of person typing Newsletters Sign Up to Receive Our Free Coroanvirus Newsletter
  • Mobile Apps
  • Subscriptions
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
  • My Profile
    • My Tools
    • My WebMD Pages
    • My Account
    • Sign Out
    • Site Map

    Site Links for Health Ins & Medicare

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Insurance When You're Pregnant
    • Affordable Care Act: Coverage for New Mothers
    • New Mom Health Insurance Coverage: Affordable Care Act
    • Expert Spotlight: Breastfeeding and the Affordable Care Act
    • Birth Control Coverage and Health Care Reform: FAQ
    • Medicare: What Are Medigap Plans?
    • Simple Ways to Lower Medication Costs
    • Shop Around Before You Fill Your Prescription
    • Patient Assistance Programs for Prescription Drugs
    • Mail-Order Pharmacies: How They Work
    • How About a Generic?
    • Vitamins and Minerals for Children: Calcium, Vitamin D, and More
    • Free Cancer Screening Guidelines: Health Reform
    • Affordable Care Act Provisions: New Benefits
    • Is This Covered Under the Affordable Care Act?
    • States & Health Insurance: Different Marketplaces and Plans
    • If You Are an Immigrant: Will You Need to Shop for New Insurance in 2014?
    • What Caregivers Should Know About Nursing Home Care
    • Put Together a Family Health Care Team
    • How to Choose a Doctor
    • Use the Internet in Your Search
    • Deadly Delay: Inside an Arkansas ER
    • Deadly Delay: Inside an Arkansas ER
    • What You Need to Know About Long-Term Care
    • Health Reform Myth or Fact?
    • Do You Know Your Health Insurance Basics?
    • Turned Away From the ER
    • Health Reform and Heart Disease Prevention/Screening
    • Free Preventive Services for Diabetes/Prediabetes
    • How do I get back on my parents' health coverage?
    • What Are Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)?
    • Ready to Enroll for Health Insurance Checklist
    • Health Reform: Will You Need to Shop for New Insurance in 2014?
    • How to Find Low-Cost Health Insurance
    • Pre-existing Condition Coverage and Health Insurance Reform
    • Medicare Special Needs Plans for Chronic Conditions
    • Medicare Part B: Doctor Costs and Lab Tests
    • Medicare Resources
    • Medicare Advantage: Private Health Insurance Through Medicare
    • How to File a Medicare Appeal
    • An Overview of Medicaid
    • Enrolling in Medicare
    • FAQs on Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
    • Medicare and Long-Term Care
    • Medicare Handbook: Coverage, Costs, Drug Plans
    • What's the Right Medicare Coverage for You?
    • Medicare & Marriage: Spouse Eligibility & Coverage
    • Health Insurance Coverage for Chronic Conditions
    • Health Care Law: Avoid the Penalty and Get Affordable Insurance
    • Prescription Drug Costs and Health Reform: FAQ
    • What Are Dental Savings Plans?
    • Free Breast Cancer Screening: Affordable Care Act
    • Affordable Care Act: Preventive Health Coverage for Women
    • How to Save on Your Medical Costs
    • Health Insurance: 5 Tips for Emergency Room Visits
    • Insurance Tips When You Get Divorced
    • Your Guide to Health Insurance Paperwork
    • Depression & Health Insurance Coverage
    • How Health Reform Affects Insurance Costs
    • How to Choose Long-Term Care Insurance
    • HSA and FSA: Tax-Free Money for Health Care
    • Disability Health Insurance & Affordable Care Act
    • Questions That May Save You Money at the Doctor's
    • How to Choose Vision Insurance
    • Affordable Care Act: Coverage to Quit Smoking
    • Health Insurance for Heart Disease Patients
    • Health Insurance Tax Credits
    • Kids' Dental and Vision Coverage and Health Reform
    • Cost-Sharing Subsidies
    • Health Reform & Weight Loss Surgery/Programs
    • Insurance When You're Pregnant: FAQ
    • Hospital Rating and Review Sites: Reliable?
    • Health Plans for Young Adults
    • Insurance Coverage for Mental Health Care
    • How to Appeal a Rejected Claim
    • Essential Benefits: Basic Health Insurance Benefits
    • If You Don't Have Health Insurance: When Do You Need to Shop for It?
    • New to Medicaid? How It Works
    • Health Insurance: Are You Really Covered?
    • Low-Cost and Free Health Services
    • Young People and Health Insurance: FAQ
    • Small Business Owners and Health Insurance
    • Medicaid Expansion: Health Reform Changes and Qualifications
    • Doctor Rating and Review Sites: Reliable?
    • Health Insurance Through Employer & The Affordable Care Act
    • Technology Plays Key Role in Health Care Reform
    • Kathleen Sebelius Interview on Health Care Reform
    • Types of Insurance for Illness or Injury
    • Health Care Reform and You
    • Medicare Eligibility and Enrollment
    • Medicare Part A: Hospital Care and Services
    • Getting the Care You Need
    • Making the Right Medicare Decision
    • Understanding Long-Term Care
    • Disability Insurance and Women
    • Managing Your Own Benefits
    • Ten Questions to Ask Before You Choose a Health Plan
    • Medicare Rx Benefit: Sorting Out the Options
    • What Kind of Dental Coverage Do You Need?
    • Dental Insurance Plans: What’s Covered, What’s Not
    • Obamacare Repeal: What May Replace It
    • Medicare and Dental Coverage: What You Should Know
    • Changes to Medicare With the Affordable Care Act
    • Pain Treatments Covered Under Health Insurance
    • Child Health Insurance Coverage: Screening, Vaccines, & More
    • Health Reform Summary and Facts: Changes and Benefits That Affect You
    • Arthritis & Health Insurance Changes
    • How to Use Your Health Insurance
    • Affordable Care Act: Weight Loss Coverage
    • Health Reform and Your Insurance Options
    • Changing Health Care: Terms You Need to Know
    • Health Insurance When You're Out of Work
    • President Obama Interview Transcript
    • Health Care Reform: What's Covered
    • What Is an Allowable Amount?
    • What Are Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum Levels?
    • What Are Essential Health Benefits?
    • What Is the Insurance Marketplace?
    • What Happens Jan. 1, 2014?
    • What Is an Insurance Cap?
    • Health Reform and Pre-Existing Conditions: Getting Insurance
    • Health Care Reform and Children: College Students, Autism, Prenatal Care, and More
    • Health Reform and Insurance Costs: Premiums, Purchasing Plans, and More
    • Health Care Reform and Preventive Care Costs: What Is Free?
    • Should You Go on Your Partner's Health Insurance Plan?
    • Uninsured? How Health Reform Affects You: Getting Insurance and More
    • Health Insurance Appeals and Complaints: Who to Talk to, How to Handle Problems
    • When Disability Strikes Unexpectedly
    • What Is the ACA?
    • What Is a Catastrophic Health Plan?
    • What Is the Difference Between Coinsurance and Copay?
    • What Is a Donut Hole?
    • What You Should Know About the ACA
    • What Is a Flexible Spending Account?
    • What Is the Difference Between Wellness and Preventive Care?
    • What Is a Pre-existing Condition?
    • What Is the Individual Mandate?
    • How Long Can You Stay on Your Parents' Insurance?
    • Affordable Insurance
    • Insurance Companies
    • Penalty vs. Insurance
    • High Deductibles
    • Medicaid Expansion
    • Rising Insurance Costs
    • Full Interview
    • Enrollment Troubles
    • Access to Care
    • What to Ask a Doctor Before Choosing One
    • Get the Screening Tests You Need
    • What does the nurse in my doctor's office do?
    • Habilitation services
    • Get Ready for Health Insurance Open Enrollment
    • Health Insurance: Who’s Who at the Doctor’s Office
    • If Your Workplace Drops Your Health Insurance: FAQ
    • Medicare Caregiver Support, Benefits, Planning
    • Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans
    • At-a-Glance: Free Preventive Services
    • What is Medicare Part D?
    • Where can I get expert advice regarding fees that Medicare does not cover?
    • How do Pharmacy Assistance Programs help me pay for what Medicare does not cover?
    • How does the Veterans' benefits help me pay for what Medicare does not cover?
    • How does the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Program help me pay for what Medicare does not cover?
    • What are gaps in coverage with Medicare?
    • How does Medicare Advantage (Part C) help me pay for what Medicare does not cover?
    • How do Medigap plans help me pay for what Medicare doesn't cover?
    • Does Medicare pay for long-term care?
    • What is Medicare and how much does it cost?
    • What does Medicare part A include?
    • What does Medicare part B include?
    • What is Medigap, and how much does it cost compared to Medicare?
    • What is a PPO health insurance plan?
    • What is an EPO health insurance plan?
    • What happens after your Medicaid pregnancy coverage ends?
    • Will my insurance cover my newborn?
    • How to Find Free or Low-Cost Dental Care
    • Different Types of Doctors: Find the Specialist You Need
    • 9 Things You Didn’t Know About Medicare
    • Checklist: Health Care Reform Tests, Immunizations
    • Family History Checklist: Questions for Your Relatives
    • Kynect: Kentucky Health Insurance Marketplace Resources
    • Rhode Island Health Insurance Marketplace Resources
    • How Health Care Reform Affects Your Diabetes Care
    • Guide to Vaccines for Your Family
    • Affordable Care Act and HSAs
    • Insured Through Work? Save Money on Health Costs
    • How to Choose Insurance to Protect Your Family
    • 4 Vitamins and Minerals for Adults
    • Take Your Lunch to Work: Tasty Choices
    • Your Better Diet: Top 5 Changes to Make
    • Types of Health Plans: How They Compare
    • Medicare: Applying for Financial Aid
    • How to Apply for Medicaid
    • Getting Medicaid Coverage: Questions and Answers
    • Your Insurance Choices in a Marketplace: FAQ
    • Health Reform: How Much Will You Pay?
    • Medicare Coverage and Supplemental Plans
    • Medicare Plan Ratings: Choosing the Best Plan
    • How to Negotiate Your Medical Bill
    • Getting Insurance When You Have a Health Problem
    • Medicare Costs
    • What Does Medicare Cover?
    • How to Ask for a Second Opinion
    • Second Opinions
    • Prescription Drugs Cost and Coverage
    • Women's Health
    • Costs and Health Reform
    • Medicare Advantage, also called Part C
    • Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program (QMB)
    • Specified low-income Medicare beneficiary (SLMB)
    • Small Businesses and Health Insurance
    • Individual / Personal Health Insurance Plans
    • Medicare Cost Plan
    • Medicaid: Who's Eligible
    • Prepare to Enroll
    • Medicare Part B
    • Medicare Costs
    • How Health Care Reform Affects You
    • Medicare Part A (hospital insurance)
    • Medicare Part D, also called the Medicare prescription drug benefit
    • When You Have a Condition
    • Manage Your Costs
    • Medicare, also called original Medicare or traditional Medicare
    • COBRA Health Insurance and Unemployment
    • Insurance Basics
    • Medicare Part C
    • Medicare supplemental policies (Medigap)
    • The New Marketplace
    • Preventive and Wellness Care
    • Medicare ABCs
    • Extra Help for Medicare
    • Medicare Extra Help Program
    • Fee-for-service (FFS)
    • Coinsurance
    • Catastrophic limit
    • Ambulatory patient services and outpatient care
    • Gold plan
    • The Basics of the Affordable Care Act
    • Care coordinator
    • What are accountable care organizations?
    • Certified application counselor
    • Claim
    • Hospital-confinement indemnity coverage
    • Preferred Provider Organizations
    • Providers
    • Out-of-network, also called out-of-plan or non-preferred provider
    • The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Program
    • Consumer assistance program, also called CAP
    • What does actuarial equivalence mean?
    • Subsidy
    • Expanded coverage/expanded Medicaid
    • Exclusions, also called limitations
    • PCP
    • Health plan
    • Summary of benefits, also called benefits package
    • Qualified Disabled & Working Individual Program (QDWI)
    • Out-of-pocket costs, sometimes called OOP
    • Private insurance
    • Open enrollment
    • Navigators
    • Silver plan
    • Non-licensed risk-sharing plans
    • Qualified health plan (QHP)
    • Marketplace, also called Exchange
    • Pre-existing condition
    • Tax credit
    • Qualifying Individual Program (QI)
    • HIPAA, also called the privacy rule
    • Special needs plan (SNP)
    • Percent of poverty level
    • Public insurance
    • Donut hole
    • Point-of-service plan (POS)
    • Premium
    • PPACA
    • In-Network, also called in-plan
    • Non-preferred provider
    • The definition of affordable health insurance
    • Health savings account (HSA)
    • What is accident-only coverage?
    • Essential health benefits, also called essential benefits
    • Bronze plans and health insurance
    • Federal poverty level
    • Benchmark formulary and your health insurance
    • NCQA
    • Catastrophic plan
    • Categorically eligible
    • Denial of claim
    • Lifetime limits
    • Enrollment
    • Health care reform
    • Co-op plan
    • Medicaid
    • Copay or copayment
    • Cost sharing
    • How to File an Appeal With Your Health Insurance
    • Medicaid expansion
    • Formulary
    • Health reimbursement arrangement (HRA)
    • What is a benchmark health plan?
    • Cover or covered
    • Explanation of benefits, also called an EOB
    • What is adverse selection?
    • High-deductible health plan (HDHP)
    • What Is HEDIS?
    • Chronic condition, also called long-term condition
    • Grandfathered plans
    • COBRA (The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)
    • Exchange
    • Deductible
    • Eligibility
    • Flexible spending account (FSA)
    • Health maintenance organizations (HMO)
    • Discount plans
    • What does "allowed amount" mean?
    • Health Insurance and Medicare

    Health Solutions

    • Penis Curved When Erect
    • Could I have CAD?
    • Treat Bent Fingers
    • Long-Term Acute Care
    • Enlarged Prostate Facts
    • Cancer Detection
    • Rethink MS Treatment
    • Is My Penis Normal?
    • Risk of a Future DVT/PE
    • Discover hATTR Symptoms
    • Weight-Loss Surgery
    • Healthy Weight Loss
    • Bent Finger Causes
    • AFib-Related Strokes
    • Preventing Infection
    • Missing Teeth?

    More from WebMD

    • Finding the Care You Need for MS
    • New Hope for Narcolepsy
    • Eat Better in the New Year
    • Psoriatic Arthritis and Your Sleep
    • What Psoriasis Feels Like
    • First Psoriatic Arthritis Flare
    • Talking to Your Doctor About RA
    • Start a Home Fitness Program
    • Avoiding Crohn’s Flares
    • Common Psoriasis Triggers
    • Relief for Blocked Hair Follicles
    • Types of B-Cell Therapy for MS
    • Tackling Pain of Psoriatic Arthritis
    • Why Prostate Cancer Spreads
    • When Ulcerative Colitis Flares
    • Where Breast Cancer Spreads
    • Logo for WebMD
      • Visit WebMD on Facebook
      • Visit WebMD on Twitter
      • Visit WebMD on Pinterest
    • Policies

      • Privacy Policy
      • Cookie Policy
      • Editorial Policy
      • Advertising Policy
      • Correction Policy
      • Terms of Use

      About

      • Contact Us
      • About WebMD
      • Careers
      • Newsletter
      • Corporate
      • WebMD Health Services
      • Site Map
      • Accessibility
    • WebMD Network

      • Medscape
      • Medscape Reference
      • MedicineNet
      • eMedicineHealth
      • RxList
      • OnHealth
      • WebMDRx
      • First Aid
      • WebMD Magazine
      • WebMD Health Record
      • Dictionary
      • Physician Directory
    • Our Apps

      • WebMD Mobile
      • WebMD App
      • Pregnancy
      • Baby
      • Allergy
      • Medscape

      For Advertisers

      • Advertise with Us
      • Advertising Policy

    © 2005 - 2019 WebMD LLC. All rights reserved.

    WebMD does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

    See additional information.