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Insurance and Medical Coverage

This section includes information about private health insurance, government assisted health insurance coverage, and COBRA.

 

This website is not intended to be a referral site to a particular cancer doctor or treatment center.  Most insurance plans require their members to see doctors who are part of the member's plan.  Please contact your insurance plan for a listing of covered doctors.


Minnesota Health Plans
This section will direct you to one of six major health plans operating in the state of Minnesota including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, HealthPartners, Medica, Minnesota Comprehensive Medical Association or MCHA (high-risk pool for those in Minnesota who are hard to insure), PreferredOne, and UCare.

Government Supported Insurance
This section will direct you to information about government assisted health insurance including county and federal programs.

COBRA and How to Continue Insurance
This section will help to answer questions about COBRA.  This is the federal law that provides many workers with the right to continue coverage in a group health plan. 

How to Get Health Insurance
This section will help to answer questions about how to get health insurance and tips for understanding your plan once you have health insurance.


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