Building Farm and Farm Family Resilience in our Communities

2. Health Insurance and Farm Risk

This 3-minute video was created for farming families. Content is based on findings from a multi-state study. The video was produced by the University of Vermont.

VIDEO

https://www.hirednag.net/resources- for-farmers

3. The Smart Choice Health Insurance™ and Smart Use Health Insurance™ educational modules and materials

Designed for all audiences, these materials have an option to use farm-related case studies. These educational modules, developed by the University of Maryland Extension and University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, help participants better understand the why, what, and how of four different health insurance-related topics:

Smart Choice Basics – provides an overview of why insurance is important for health and financial well-being and reviews a tool that can be used to do comparison shopping for health insurance plans based on health care needs.

Smart Use - Actions – provides an overview of seven steps consumers can implement to use their health insurance wisely for their health and financial wellbeing.

Smart Use – Your Health Insurance Benefits – provides an overview of the types of benefits offered in plans and how to get and use these health benefits

Smart Use – Understanding and Estimating Costs – provides an overview of the types of costs, why it’s important to understand them and how to estimate out of pocket costs for the plan you have so you can integrate them into your monthly spending plan.

Health Insurance in Your Senior Years- Medicare and other Health Insurance Options – provides an overview of Medicare, Supplemental Insurance and how to estimate out of pocket costs.

In addition, there are specific resources for farm audiences located on the website: https://www.extension.umd.edu/insure

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