Medical Terms

5. Your expenses for medical care that aren't reimbursed by insurance.
6. To pay (something, such as a medical bill) with one's own money rather than money from another source.
7. The time-frame within which a claim must be submitted to a payer.
9. A provision in most health plans when there is multiple insurance for the same person to determine which one is the primary and which one is the secondary insurance.
11. A specified amount of money that the insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a claim.

1. covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses
2. A type of insurance in which the insured pays a share of the payment made against a claim.
3. A fixed amount for a covered service, paid by a patient to the provider of service before receiving the service.
4. A federal and state program that helps with healthcare costs for some people with limited income and resources.
8. A statement sent by a health insurance company to covered individuals explaining what medical treatments and/or services were paid for on their behalf.
10. This is a federal health insurance typically for people 65 or older, sometimes younger people with disabilities, people with End-Stage Renal Disease.