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Road Map to American Health Care

Purchasers of health care insurance (your employer, the government, individuals, or charity organizations) buy that insurance from health plans (indemnity insurers, or an HMO, PPO, or POS) which pay providers (doctors, hospitals, clinics, home care professionals) to give you care. Click on a question to find out more...