Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension's programs for consumers are focused primarily on family and community health issues such as obesity, diabetes, food safety, and environmental health. This page is aligned with the focus on health and wellness and provides information about such topics as:

• The costs of health care
• Health insurance
• The financial impact of improved health behaviors
• Relationships between health and wealth

Rutgers Cooperative Extension's major health finance initiative is Small Steps to Health and Wealth^TM. This program is designed to motivate consumers to implement behavior change strategies that simultaneously improve their health and personal finances.

Health Finance Fact Sheets

• Health Insurance Continuation Laws
• The Financial Impact of Improved Health Behaviors
• The Financial Aspects of Health and Long-Term Care Insurance in Later Life
• Health Savings Accounts and High Deductible Health Insurance
• Small Steps to Health and Wealth^TM Fact Sheets

Health Finance Glossary

Health Finance Links and Resources

Health Finance Online Programs

• Financing Long-Term Care: A Resource Center For Families (University of Minnesota)
• Small Steps to Health and Wealth^TM

Health History and Payment Record Fact Sheets (University of Nebraska)

• Family Medical Tree (23k PDF)
• Medical Claims Payment Record (15k PDF)
• Personal Health History (9k PDF)
• Personal Health Care Journal from U.S. Administration on Aging (976k PDF)

Medicare Information

• Don't Be a Target of Health Care Fraud (1MB PDF)
  from SMP of New Jersey
• Medicare Fraud
• Medicare Fraud Tip Sheet (78k PDF)
  from SMP of New Jersey
• Medicare Glossary
• Medicare and Medicare Resources
• Medicare Part D Notice of Creditable Coverage
• Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Tip Sheet (74k PDF)
  from SMP of New Jersey
• Medicare Strives to Help You Stay Healthy

Personal Finance

• Programs
• Assessment Tools
• Microsoft Excel Financial Templates
• Resources