Health Module
Unit 3:
Understanding Health Insurance
Lesson 1: The Language of Health
Insurance
This lesson focuses on insurance.
For discussion of other methods of paying for health care, see Units 1
and 2.
Materials:
NOTE:
Handouts 2a and 2b are part of a matching game. See Appendix
D for
specific preparation and lesson plan instructions.
If possible, you might want to bring
examples of claim forms or statements of benefit in to show the
students.
Word Bank: (presented in Activity 1)
This
lesson is a vocabulary building exercise, so Word Bank items do not need
to be presented in advance.
premium
policy
primary care doctor
copayment
claim
deductible
covered expenses
exclusions
maximum out-of-pocket
statement of benefits
HMO (health maintenance organization)
pre-existing condition
PPO (preferred provider organization)
coinsurance
Introductory Activity: Whole group discussion
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Today we are
going to talk about health insurance. What do you already know about
it? Does anyone here have health insurance now?
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How can you get
health insurance?
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There are
special words for talking about things in health insurance. Do you know
some of these words? Can you give an example?
Probably you will find a mix of
students who have insurance and students who don't. Even if students
have it, it is doubtful that they know all of the vocabulary.
Activity 1: Health Insurance Vocabulary
Distribute Handout 1.
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Now I'm going to
give you a handout with some insurance vocabulary. Look at the words
and see if you have heard them before.
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Let's talk about
them. Tell me any that you know and we'll write definitions on the
board. You can copy the definitions on your paper.
Activity 2
AHS
version: Health Insurance Website
If you feel your students will need
the reinforcement, you can give them definitions for everything before
they use the website. They should still read and write definitions to
see the terms used and practice with them.
While this website attempts to
simplify definitions of health insurance terms, it is still somewhat
complicated. Please be sure to preview it to determine whether it is
appropriate for students’ reading levels. AHS instructors may prefer to
use the ESOL activity below if simpler definitions are needed.
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When you get to
the website you will see the contents of the webpage. Scroll down
to "Understanding Health Insurance Terms" and click on
it. Write down any new definitions you and your partner find.
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We will discuss
the terms when you are all finished to make sure you understand them.
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Pair work
followed by whole group discussion.
Activity 2 ESOL version: Matching
Pass out sets of matching cards made by cutting up Handouts
2a and 2b.
NOTE: See Appendix
D for more
variations on the matching activity to incorporate more oral practice.
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Now I'd like you
to work in groups of 3-4. Match the vocabulary cards to their
definition cards. If you are sure you have the right match, you can
write the definition on your papers. If you're not sure, wait until we
check the matches together.
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Check activity
together.
Activity 3: More Practice
This is an info gap activity.
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Now you are
going to work in pairs. Choose a partner. I will give one of you
Handout 3a and the other Handout 3b.
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You and a
partner will work together to decide what the different terms mean. One
of you will look at Handout 3a, and the other will look at Handout 3b.
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Student A can
read their terms to student B. Student B looks for the explanation on
his or her paper and writes the word. When Student B has written all of
Student A’s words with an explanation, Student B reads his or her terms
to Student A. Now Student A writes the terms next to the explanations
on his or her paper.
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You can check
each other’s papers when you are finished.
Optional Listening and Writing Expansion Activity:
AHS
Learners can read the completed explanations to each other
as dictation sentences.
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