America's Best Health Plans 2008-2009
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Access to Healthcare (Charlie Archambault for USN&WR)
Cameron and Renee Lewis and their kid, Giselle (8) and Nolan (3) at their La Grange Park Il home.
How Safe Is Your Healthcare?
If your company stumbles, your health insurance coverage may stop—or get more expensive.
Pocketbook Worries (Greg Von Doersten for USN&WR) When Your Insurer Won't Pay Up
The smartest tactic might be to hire a "medical billing advocate" to do battle for you.
Mental Health Issues (Mark Hooper/Getty Images)
Person putting brain puzzle together
Finally, Equal Coverage
No longer can medical coverage be more generous, thanks to a new federal law.
The Methodology (Harry Campbell for USN&WR)
Illustration for the 2008 Best Health Plans methodology
Behind the Health Plan Rankings
We examined data showing how well plans prevent and treat illness and satisfy members.
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NCQA is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to improve health care quality. The organization measures and reports on various aspects of performance and offers a range of accreditation and certification programs for different entities and individual physicians. Visit us online at NCQA.org or, for information about health plans and physicians, HealthChoices.org.
Primary-Care Docs and Specialist Care
Most doctors don't keep track of specialist visits as well as they should, say researchers. I disagree.
Troubling Rise in Teen Birthrates Should Call Women to Action
What you can do to ensure your daughter doesn't become a statistic.
How to Keep Your Family Safe From Bird Flu
Death of 19-year-old woman in China highlights threat.
8 Traits of Teens Who Abstain From Sex
New data show teen birthrates rising in many states. Yet, most teens aren't currently sexually active.
Antibiotics—Even Free Ones—Won't Cure Most Winter Ills
Wegmans stores are offering free antibiotics. But the medicines can contribute to drug resistance.