A national independent nonprofit announced Tuesday that it has launched a free mobile app to help improve health insurance literacy, promote transparency in medical and dental costs and increase healthcare engagement among Connecticut residents.
Fair Health launched the app, the FH Cost Lookup CT. The app, funded by a grant from the Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health), can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store or Google Play and is available in English and Spanish.
The app includes a feature that enables insured and uninsured consumers to estimate the regionally specific costs of medical and dental procedures received in Connecticut, as well as in the neighboring states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Fair Health said. The app also provides educational articles that explain the fundamentals of health coverage, as well as healthcare issues specific to Connecticut.
The app also directs users to community resources for healt hcare, transportation assistance and other services.
