Health Insurance
Private
Health Insurance
Private health insurance is coverage by a health plan provided through an employer
or union or purchased by an individual from a private health insurance company.
Employment-based
plans
Employment-based health insurance is coverage offered through one’s own
employment or a relative’s. It may be offered by an employer or by a
union.
Direct-purchase
plans
Direct-purchase health insurance is coverage though a plan purchased by an
individual from a private company.
Government
Health Insurance
Government health insurance includes plans funded by governments as the federal,
state, or local level. In the USA, the major categories of government health
insurance are medicare, medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP), military health care, state plans, and the Indian Health Service.
