HealthCare.gov
App · 5 actions
Read HealthCare.gov's official consumer content: define health insurance terms in English or Spanish, search and read its help articles, and get each state's guide to Medicaid, CHIP and the Marketplace. No account or API key required.
Actions
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Get article | Get one HealthCare.gov help article in full, as plain text, with its summary and links. |
| Get glossary term | Get the full HealthCare.gov definition of one health insurance term, in English or Spanish, with its one-sentence summary. |
| Get state information | Get HealthCare.gov's guide to coverage in one U.S. state or territory: where to get consumer help, how to apply for Medicaid and CHIP, and which Marketplace to use, with the state's own links. |
| Search articles | Search HealthCare.gov's help articles (enrolling, Medicaid, taxes, life changes...) by words in their title or text, with a short summary and link for each. |
| Search glossary | Search HealthCare.gov's glossary of health insurance terms (deductible, premium, coinsurance...) and get their definitions as plain text. |
Get article
Get one HealthCare.gov help article in full, as plain text, with its summary and links. No API key required.
Inputs
- Article
articletextRequired - The article's HealthCare.gov link or address, e.g. turning-26 (Search articles gives it as 'path').
Outputs
keywordstext- Search keywords HealthCare.gov gives the article.
linkslist- The links in the text.
pathtext- The article's address on HealthCare.gov, e.g. 'turning-26'.
summarytext- HealthCare.gov's one-sentence summary of the article.
texttext- The whole article as plain text, one paragraph or list item a line.
titletext- The article's title.
urltext- The article's page, to link to.
Example output
{
"keywords": "job-based insurance dependent coverage to age 26 health insurance until age 26 under 26",
"links": [
{
"text": "Learn more about coverage for people under 30.",
"url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/young-adults/coverage"
}
],
"path": "turning-26",
"summary": "Find out what you need to know about getting your own health coverage when you turn 26 and are no longer eligible to stay on your parent's health plan.",
"text": "If you have health coverage under a parent\u2019s plan and are turning 26, you need to take action. If you don\u2019t, you may have no health coverage. Why bother with health insurance?\nLearn more about coverage for people under 30.",
"title": "Getting your own health coverage when you turn 26",
"url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/turning-26/"
}Get glossary term
Get the full HealthCare.gov definition of one health insurance term, in English or Spanish, with its one-sentence summary. No API key required.
Inputs
- Term
termtextRequired - The term (e.g. Premium, or Prima in Spanish) or its HealthCare.gov link.
- Language
languagetext - English or Spanish. English by default.One of:
en(English),es(Spanish). Default:en.
Outputs
datetext- When the definition was published, as YYYY-MM-DD.
definitiontext- The full definition as plain text, one paragraph or list item a line.
languagetext- 'en' for English or 'es' for Spanish.
slugtext- The term's address on HealthCare.gov, e.g. 'premium'.
summarytext- The one-sentence definition, e.g. 'A monthly amount you pay for coverage whether you get services or not.'
titletext- The term, e.g. 'Premium' (or 'Prima' in Spanish).
urltext- The term's page, to link to.
Example output
{
"date": "2022-05-19",
"definition": "The amount you pay for your health insurance every month. In addition to your premium, you usually have to pay other costs for your health care, including a deductible, copayments, and coinsurance.",
"language": "en",
"slug": "premium",
"summary": "A monthly amount you pay for coverage whether you get services or not.",
"title": "Premium",
"url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/premium/"
}Get state information
Get HealthCare.gov's guide to coverage in one U.S. state or territory: where to get consumer help, how to apply for Medicaid and CHIP, and which Marketplace to use, with the state's own links. No API key required.
Inputs
- State
statetextRequired - The state or territory.One of:
AL(Alabama),AK(Alaska),AS(American Samoa),AZ(Arizona),AR(Arkansas),CA(California),CO(Colorado),CT(Connecticut),DE(Delaware),DC(District of Columbia), and 46 more.
Outputs
countnumber- How many sections there are.
sectionslist- The guide's sections: consumer assistance, Medicaid, the Marketplace, SHOP and CHIP, with the state's own links.
slugtext- Its address on HealthCare.gov, e.g. 'california'.
statetext- The state or territory, e.g. 'California'.
titletext- The page title.
urltext- The state's page, to link to.
Example output
{
"count": 2,
"sections": [
{
"heading": "Medicaid in California",
"links": [
{
"text": "contacting your state Medicaid agency",
"url": "http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx"
}
],
"text": "You can apply for Medicaid in California by contacting your state Medicaid agency."
},
{
"heading": "Health Insurance Marketplace\u00ae in California",
"links": [],
"text": "If you live in California, you'll use the Covered California website to enroll in health coverage."
}
],
"slug": "california",
"state": "California",
"title": "California",
"url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/california/"
}Search articles
Search HealthCare.gov's help articles (enrolling, Medicaid, taxes, life changes...) by words in their title or text, with a short summary and link for each. No API key required.
Inputs
- Search text
querytextRequired - Words to find. Articles with every word in the title come first.
- Max results
limitnumber - The most results to return, from 1 to 100.From 1 to 100. Default:
10.
Outputs
articleslist- The matching articles, best matches first.
countnumber- How many articles came back.
totalnumber- How many articles matched, before Max results.
Example output
{
"articles": [
{
"path": "turning-26",
"summary": "If you have health coverage under a parent\u2019s plan and are turning 26, you need to take action. If you don\u2019t, you may have no health coverage.",
"title": "Getting your own health coverage when you turn 26",
"url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/turning-26/"
}
],
"count": 1,
"total": 1
}Search glossary
Search HealthCare.gov's glossary of health insurance terms (deductible, premium, coinsurance...) and get their definitions as plain text. Leave the search empty to list every term, A to Z. No API key required.
Inputs
- Search text
querytext - Words to find in a term or its definition. Terms whose name matches come first.
- Max results
limitnumber - The most results to return, from 1 to 100.From 1 to 100. Default:
10.
Outputs
countnumber- How many terms came back.
termslist- The matching terms, best matches first.
totalnumber- How many terms matched, before Max results.
Example output
{
"count": 1,
"terms": [
{
"date": "2013-06-05",
"definition": "How much you\u2019ll pay for certain covered services and items each year before your plan starts to pay (except free preventive services).",
"language": "en",
"slug": "deductible",
"title": "Deductible",
"url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/deductible/"
}
],
"total": 1
}