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People Like You

How can you learn to take control of your health care? One of the best ways is to learn from other people’s experiences.

The people in these stories are learning to navigate the health care system, understand their care, and make decisions about treatments. Any similarity between these stories and pictures and real people or health plans is coincidental.

Two middle-aged men, both of whom are looking down and smiling

Alan was visiting friends when he started experiencing severe pain in his lower back and abdomen... read Alan’s story »

Latina woman in her 20s holding a paper bag of produce

Eva and her husband Harry had a health plan through his job, but they had not used any services yet...they had to choose a doctor... read Eva’s story »

Middle-aged female African-American pharmacist holding up a prescription drug

At the pharmacy, Laurie learned that her HMO didn’t cover the drug she needed... read Laurie’s story »

 


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