Health Care Costs
Online resources
Medicaid information with FAQs and links to state-specific Medicaid sites.
AARP: Health Care Costs Calculator
Educational tool designed to estimate your health care costs in retirement, do not need to be an AARP member to use.
This financially focused tool helps find resources for a broad range of needs including housing, utilities, food, transportation to medical treatment, home health care, medical devices, and pharmaceutical agents.
A national nonprofit information resource dedicated to helping people locate assistance programs to help them afford their medications and other health care costs.
Medicare: How Do I File an Appeal?
An appeal is the action you can take if you disagree with a coverage or payment decision made by Medicare, your Medicare Health Plan, or your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Book
Driscoll, M. (2002) The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Long Term Care Planning. Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books.