HHS has announced the launch of the Insurance Finder widget for websites, designed to help consumers find the most affordable health insurance options personalized by state of residence and other characteristics, Government Health IT reports (Mosquera, Government Health IT, 8/25).
The widget appears on a website as a graphic.
Codes to embed the widget in website are available at HealthCare.gov, the website that was created to publicize the federal health reform law (Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week, 8/25).
When users click on the widget, the search program first prompts them to select responses to two questions about the state they wish to find coverage in and information that best describes them. The tool then redirects them to HealthCare.gov to continue the process based on answers to specific questions (Government Health IT, 8/25).
A recent test of the widget found that pricing information for more than a dozen health insurance plans available in a selected state was listed as unavailable until October 2010 (Federal Computer Week, 8/25).