Making Sense of Health Insurance
To make buying your own coverage easier, it helps to know the basics. Over 65? Visit our Medicare Basics page to learn more.
Select a category below to explore the basics of health insurance.
How Health Insurance Works
How Health Insurance Works
Why having coverage is important, plan types, life events, ACA basics
What Health Insurance Covers
What Health Insurance Covers
Covered benefits, plan information, choosing a doctor, member ID cards
Health Insurance Costs
Health Insurance Costs
Financial assistance, the cost of insurance, how to save on care, coverage and medication
Choosing a Health Insurance Plan
Choosing a Health Insurance Plan
Getting coverage, what to consider before you decide, why choose CareFirst
Check out our short, informative videos to learn more about insurance basics and your CareFirst health plan.
No matter where you are on your path to good health,
CareFirst can help make sense of it.
Choosing a Plan
Learn about CareFirst and how our plans can meet your needs.
Understanding Your Benefits
Find answers to questions about your CareFirst coverage.
- CareFirst Member Resource Guide
- Review your plan benefits with My Account
Finding Care
Access affordable care when you need it.
Achieving Your Best Health
Reach your wellness goals with CareFirst’s help.
Gain more insight through real member stories.
Learn a few key terms to increase your understanding of health insurance.
Click on one of the featured videos or browse them all.
Learn how to read and better understand your CareFirst EOB.
Find out what a PCP is and why it’s important to have one.
See what healthcare benefits are included with your CareFirst plan.
Understanding CareFirst’s EOBs
Learn more about CareFirst’s explanation of benefits (EOB), what they are (and are not) and how to make sense of them.
Tour Our EOB