Honor Roll
Which health insurance plans are chart-toppers in the rankings this year?
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Access to Healthcare
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
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
Person putting brain puzzle together
Finally, Equal Coverage
No longer can medical coverage be more generous, thanks to a new federal law.
The Methodology
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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About NCQA
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.
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