Health Insurance Publications and Websites
Consumer Alerts
- Scammers Take Advantage of Health Care Reform
- Limited Benefit Plans, High Deductible Plans and Health Savings Plans
Consumer Publications
- Health Plan Report Card
- Hospital Report Cards
- College Grad Health Insurance Issues/Options
- A Consumer Bill of Rights for Vermonters Covered by Managed Care Plans
- A Consumer's Guide to Health Insurance
- Disability Income Insurance
- Discount Health Plans
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA's)
- Information for Civil Union Partners in Vermont
- Shopping for Individual or Small Group Health Insurance
- Shopping for Individual or Small Group Health Insurance: Companies & Rates
- Shopping for Long-Term Care Insurance in Vermont
- Shopping for Medicare Supplemental Insurance (includes rate information)
- Shopping for Vermont's Catamount Health Insurance (includes rate information)
- Standardized Health Insurance and Medical Terms
- Vermont's Continuation of Coverage
Other Consumer Information and Resources
Vermont State Government:
Green Mountain Care: 1-800-250-8427
Eligibility for and information about state-sponsored health insurance (Catamount, Medicaid, Dr. Dynasaur, VHAP).
"Managed Care and You” 1-800-881-1561
Governor’s Commission on Women
Governor’s Information and Referral Office: 1-800-649-6825
Office of Health Care Ombudsman: 1-800-917-7787
A free statewide program to help Vermonters resolve problems and complaints with their health insurance.
State Health Insurance Program (SHIP): 1-800-642-5119
Free, private health insurance counseling for people who receive (or will be receiving) Medicare.
Statewide Prescription Drug Price Finder: 1-802-828-3171
Attorney General’s Office
Vermont Board of Medical Practice: 1-802-657-4220 OR 1-800-745-7371 (Toll Free within Vermont)
Concerns about physicians.
Vermont Department of Labor – Worker’s Compensation Division: 1-802-828-2286
Help with Workers’ Compensation issues.
US Government:
Health Savings Account Information 1-800-829-1040 (For Individuals)
US Treasury Department
Medicare and Medicaid Information: 1-800-633-4227 (or 800-MEDICARE)
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
COBRA Information 1-866-4-USA-DOL
US Department of Labor
Changes to COBRA Coverages under the new Stimulus Plan:
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act commonly known as the Stimulus Plan was enacted on February 17, 2009. For workers who lose their jobs, this new law may provide a 65% reduction in the cost of COBRA and other state group continuation coverage. This document provides answers to frequently asked questions from the employee perspective about how the Stimulus Plan could affect them.
U.S. Dept. of Labor, Boston Regional Office: (617) 565-9600
- Assistance with questions about continuation of health insurance benefits through the federal COBRA law, and self-insured employer-sponsored health plans under the ERISA law.
Other Resources:
List of Clinics for the Uninsured 1-802-289-2454
Vermont Coalition of Clinics for the Uninsured
Use the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to contact state departments of insurance for information about insurance in other states.
or 1-816-783-8300