Consumer Resources

These tools can help consumers be smart about buying and using health insurance. Click on each of these tools to view, download, or print.

• Farm Operations and Health Care Insurance Options

• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Insurance Protects You and Your Family
• Helping You Make a Good Guess for out-of-pocket expenses
• How to Choose a Doctor Fact Sheet
• Keep Track of Important Health Insurance/Health Care Papers
  
• Marketplace Health Insurance Financial Help
• Medical Credit
  
• My Smart Choice and Smart Use Spending Plan
•   My Smart Choice Workbook 6th Edition
  
• My Smart Choice Workbook 5th Edition, Version 1 - download this version, save, print and use to write in your information. 
• My Smart Choice Workbook 5th Edition, Version 2 - download this version, save and type in your information. Note: The blue boxes for typing appear after you have downloaded the workbook. 
• Reliable Resources from the Internet - costs
• Saving for Health and Medical Expenses
• Smart Choice Smart Use Basics Health Insurance (in Spanish)
  
• Smart Use Understanding and Estimating Health Care Expenses Video - Watch this video to help understand how to use the Understanding and Estimating Health Care Expenses worksheet
• Smart Choice-Smart Use Health Insurance Important Words to Know
• Types of Health Insurance
• Understanding and Estimating Health Care Expenses - download this version, save, print and use to write in your information. 
• Understanding and Estimating Health Care Expenses - download this version, save and type in your information. Note:  The blue boxes for typing appear after you have downloaded the workbook.   
• Your Smart Choice Health Insurance Checklist

Consumer Videos and Workshops

Health Insurance for Farmers and Small Business Owners

The Health Insurance Literacy Initiative team explores health insurance options for independent business owners and their families.

Health Insurance in Your Senior Years: Medicare and other options

HILI team members review health insurance options for individuals 65 and older.

Smart Choice Health Insurance Basics

This video covers the basics of choosing the health insurance plan that best suits you and your family. 

Smart Use, Smart Actions: Organizing Your Expenses

This video aims to help you understand how to use your health insurance, how to manage healthcare expenses and identifying tools to help you solve healthcare cost problems.

Understanding and Estimating Healthcare Costs

The HILI team answers questions about what you need to estimate your healthcare costs and what kind of costs should you plan for.