Resources
There are many resources, local, state and national, that can provide information or assistance to consumers.
Resources include:
-
Info-line for information on local resources
-
Your community’s Area on Aging local agency (to find see www.aoa.gov, or call 800 677-1116 for information on local service for older Americans)
-
Local hospitals
-
State Insurance Department
-
State Medical Society State Patient Advocacy or Attorney General’s Offices
-
Disease Specific Support Groups, Cancer Society, Leukemia Society, etc.
-
Insurance company, association and Medicare web sites, www.medicare.gov
-
The Veterans Administration, www1.va.gov/health
-
National Patient Advocate Foundation, www.npaf,org, 202 347-8009
Also, anyone looking for information should conduct an internet search on specific topics to determine if other resources might be identified.