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Illinois State Government
Governor's Office Department of Insurance Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan, State of Illinois KidCare (Coverage for Kids and Expectant Mothers) Office of Consumer Health Insurance (OCHI) Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) Other Important Illinois Health Insurance Links Continuation Rights - Illinois Law Continuation Rights - Illinois Spousal Law Continuation Rights - Dependent Children (July 1, 2004) Continuation Rights - Municipal Employee Infertility Treatment Mandated Benefits Small Employers Small Employer Health Insurance Rating Act 94th Illinois General Assembly: Members of the Senate IIlinois State Senate Democrats' website Illinois State Senate Republicans' website Members of the House Illinois House Democrats' website Illinois House Republicans' website Track bill status Illinois General Assembly's Legislative Glossary
Federal Government
Executive Branch
· The White House · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · U.S. Department of Labor · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · Medicare Payment Advisory Commission	· U.S. Department of Commerce · U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. Food and Drug Administration · National Institutes of Health · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin. · Federal Register · Code of Federal Regulations
Legislative Branch
· U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · Library of Congress · THOMAS - The Library of Congress · How to use THOMAS	· Legislative Information Service · Congressional Budget Office · Government Printing Office · General Accounting Office
Judicial Branch
· The Supreme Court · U.S. Code	· Administrative Office of the United States Courts
State Governments
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Other State Government Resources
· State Insurance Commissioners · National Association of Insurance Commissioners · National Conference of Insurance Legislators · National Association of Attorneys General · Association of State and Territorial Health Officials	· National Governors Association · National Conference of State Legislators · American Legislative Exchange Council · Council on State Governments
Political Sites
· Politics1.com · Project Vote Smart · Politics.com · Purepolitics.com · Political Information.com	· Republican National Committee · Democratic National Committee · National Republican Congressional Committee · Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Voluntary Health Associations
· American Academy of Ophthalmology · American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons · American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · American Council of the Blind · American Counseling Assn · American Dental Hygienists' Assn · American Dietetic Assn · American Kidney Fund · American Lung Assn · American Medical Assn · American Medical Student Assn · American Medical Women's Assn · American Nurses Assn · American Optometric Assn · American Podiatric Medical Assn · American Psychological Assn · American Red Cross · American Society of Clinical Pathologists · American Society for Microbiology · American Urological Assn · Arthritis Foundation · American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance · Assn of Public Health Laboratories · Assn of Schools of Public Health · Assn of State and Territorial Health Officials · Assn of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors · Assn of Teachers of Preventive Medicine	· Black Health Net · Brain Injury Assn · Center for Science in the Public Interest · Council on Education for Public Health · Epilepsy Foundation of America · Facing Alcohol Concerns Through Education · March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation · National Assn of Community Health Centers · National Assn of County and City Health Officials · National Assn of Dental Plans · National Assn of Health Data Organizations · National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations · National Committee for Quality Assurance · National Health Care for the Homeless Council · National Mental Health Assn · National PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) Assn · Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute · Prevention Online (Clearinghouse for Drug and Alcohol Information · Society for Public Health Education
Insurance Industry Associations
· Alliance of American Insurers · America's Health Insurance Plans · Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assn · Employers Council on Flexible Compensation · Financial Planning Association · Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America · Life Insurance Consumers Alliance · Property Casualty Insurers Association of America	· National Assn of Health Underwriters, Region 3 · National Assn of Insurance and Financial Advisors · National Assn of Mutual Insurance Companies · National Assn of Professional Benefits Admin · National Assn of Professional Insurance Agents · Reinsurance Assn of America · Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. · Society of Professional Benefit Administrators
Research Institutions & Public Policy Think Tanks
· Alpha Center · American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Brookings Institution · CATO Institute · Center for Studying Health System Change · Commonwealth Fund · Council for Affordable Health Insurance · Employee Benefit Research Institute · Employment Policy Foundation · Families USA · Fraser Institute · Galen Insitute · Health Policy Fact Checkers · The Heartland Institute	· Heritage Foundation · Independence Institute · Institute for Policy Innovation · Kaiser Family Foundation · National Center for Policy Analysis · National Center for Policy Analysis Project - Consumer Driven Health Care · Pacific Research Institute · Progressive Policy Institute · RAND · State Policy Network · United Seniors Association · Urban Institute
Insurance Company and Wholesaler Sites
· Aetna · AFLAC Incorporated · American Community Mutual Insurance · American International Companies · American Medical Security · American United Life · Assurant Employee Benefits (formerly Fortis Benefits) · Assurant Health (formerly Fortis Health) · BenefitMall.com · Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans (national listing) · Boston Mutual · Central States Health & Life Co. of Omaha · Chubb Group of Insurance Companies · CIGNA · Crum & Forster Insurance · Express Scripts · Euclid Managers · Exec-U-Care (insured medical reimbursement) · First Colony Life Insurance Company · First Rehabilitation Life Insurance Co. of America · GE Financial Network (Insurance) · GE Financial Network (Long Term Care) · Great-West HealthCare · Humana, Inc. · ING Employee Benefits	· Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Co. · Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. · Medica Health Plans · Medical Mutual · MetLife Group Benefits · Mutual of Omaha · Nationwide Insurance Enterprise · New England Financial · Northwestern Mutual Life · Ohio National Life Insurance Company · PacifiCare Health Systems · Principal Financial Group · Prudential Financial Group Insurance · Reliance Standard · Resource Brokerage · Rogers Benefit Group · Royal & SunAlliance Insurance · SeniorNet: MetLife Solutions Forum · State Farm Insurance · Sun Life Group Division · Unicare · United American Insurance Company · United HealthCare · UnumProvident · Wausau Benefits · Wellpoint
Resources concerning the Uninsured, Access, and Affordability
· Cover the Uninsured Week · Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured	· Foundation for Health Coverage Education · Kaiser commission on Medicaid & the Uninsured
Publishers, Media, and Others
· A.M. Best · Atlanta Journal Constitution · BenefitNews.com · Business Insurance · Cable News Network · Chicago Tribune · C-SPAN · Dallas Morning News · DesMoines Register · Health Care News · Houston Chronicle	· Los Angeles Times · Minneapolis Star Tribune · National Underwriter · New York Times · San Francisco Chronicle · St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Standard & Poor's Ratings · USA Today · Wall Street Journal · Washington Post · Yahoo Insurance News