Protections Under Nevada Group Health Plans
Chapter 2: Your Protections Under Group Health Plans
This chapter describes the protections that you have in group health plans, such as those offered by employers or labor unions. Your protections will vary somewhat, depending on whether your plan is a fully insured group health plan or a self-insured group health plan. The plan's benefits information must indicate whether the plan is self-insured.
When Does a Group Health Plan Have to Let Me In?
- In general, you have to be eligible for the group health plan. For example, your employer may not give health benefits to all employees. Or, your employer may offer an HMO plan that you cannot join because you live outside of the plan's service area.
- You cannot be turned away or charged more because of your health status. Health status means your medical condition or history, genetic information or disability. This protection is called nondiscrimination. Employers may refuse or restrict coverage for other reasons (such as part time employment), as long as these are unrelated to health status and applied consistently.
Resources:
- » Reviewing Health Insurance Policy Rules
- » Looking over Health Insurance Contract Terms
- » Problems with the Yearly Health Insurance Deductible
- » Problems Related to Health Insurance Procedure Codes
- » Problems Related to The Usual and Customary Rate (UCR)
Articles:
- » Health Insurance After a Layoff
- » A Variety of Health Insurance News Pieces
- » The Health of Health Insurance, Reform, and The Worst Places to be Uninsured
Nevada Consumers Guide to Health Insurance:
- » Introduction to A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Nevada
- » A Summary of Your Protections Regarding Nevada Health Insurance
- » More Information on How You Are Protected under Nevada Health Insurance Laws
- » How Nevada Health Insurance Laws Do Not Protect You
- » Protections Under Nevada Group Health Plans
- » Retaining Parents Nevada Health Insurance Coverage
- » Limiting Nevada Health Insurance Coverage Due To Pre-Existing Conditions
- » Information on Credible and Continuous Nevada Health Insurance Coverage
- » More Information on Continuous Nevada Health Insurance Protection
- » Protection Limits and Leaving Nevada Group Health Insurance Coverage
- » Your Protections When Buying Individual Nevada Health Insurance
- » Being HIPAA Eligible to Buy Individual Nevada Health Insurance
- » What Individual Nevada Health Insurance Covers
- » Individual Nevada Health Insurance Pre-Existing Condition Coverage
- » More Questions About Individual Nevada Health Insurance
- » Continuing Nevada Health Insurance Through COBRA
- » Qualifying for COBRA Health Insurance Coverage in Nevada
- » More Questions Regarding COBRA Individual Health Insurance in Nevada
- » The Length of Cobra Health Insurance Coverage in Nevada
- » Information on Nevada Continuation Health Insurance Coverage
- » Nevada Health Insurance Conversion Policies
- » More Questions Regarding Nevada Conversion Health Insurance Policies
- » Nevada Health Insurance Protection for The Self-Employed or Small Employers
- » More Information on Nevada Health Insurance for Small Employers and The Self-Employed
- » Financial Assistance for Getting Nevada Health Insurance Coverage
- » Information About Nevada Medicaid Health Insurance Eligibility
- » Nevada Check Up Low-Income Health Insurance Program
- » Information About Nevada's Women's Health Connection Program
- » Information on The Federal Health Coverage Tax Credit
- » More Information on The Federal Health Coverage Tax Credit
- » Where To Obtain More Nevada Health Insurance Information
- » Helpful Terms Regarding Nevada Health Insurance
- » More Helpful Nevada Health Insurance Terms
- » More Useful Terms Regarding Nevada Health Insurance
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