Depending on your needs, below you'll find a listing of various health care-related resources:
State of Washington
- Public Employees Benefits Board (www.pebb.hca.wa.gov) - Coordinates health insurance benefits for eligible public employees and retirees
- Washington Apple Health (www.hca.wa.gov) - Medicaid for children and adults under age 65
- Washington State Health Care Authority (www.hca.wa.gov) - The state agency that manages Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) and the PEBB program
- Washington State Health Insurance Pool (www.wship.org) - Offers Medicare plans for qualified people enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B
U.S. federal government
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov) - Identifies, researches and educates the public about health threats in the U.S. and around the world
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (www.cms.gov) - Administers Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP)
- Department of Health And Human Services (www.hhs.gov) - Protects the health of Americans and provides essential human services, especially for people least able to help themselves
- healthfinder® (health.gov) - Find reliable health-related organizations
- Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.gov) - Find out about tax deductions for medical expenses
- Medicare (www.medicare.gov) - Health insurance for people age 65 and older and for people under age 65 who are deemed disabled
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) (www.nih.gov) - Information about preventing, diagnosing and treating disease and disability
- U.S. Department of Labor (www.dol.gov) - Regulates self-insured health plans
Senior services
- Aged, blind or disabled (Apple Health) (www.hca.wa.gov) - Provides health care coverage and helps pay for Medicare premiums and medical expenses for people age 65 and older, blind, or disabled and who meet income and resource requirements
- Aging and Long-Term Support Administration (ALTSA) (www.dshs.wa.gov) - Serves adults with chronic illnesses or conditions and people of all ages with developmental disabilities
- ALTSA Community Services Resource Directory (www.dshs.wa.gov) - Covers senior information and assistance, home and community services, family caregiver support, area agency on aging, long-term care ombudsmen, and adult protective services
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (www.cms.gov) - Administers Medicare
- Qualis Health (www.qualishealthmedicine.org) - A Medicare quality improvement organization that helps consumers who have quality-of-care complaints, or need help with certain appeals