At the completion of this course, students will be able to: define health insurance and describe the types of health insurance plans; identify and describe standard policy terms and provisions of health insurance plans; analyze the scope of health insurance coverage, including policy exclusions and determine whether certain diseases or treatments are covered or excluded by a policy; describe the federal and state laws that regulate the health insurance industry; explain how pre-existing conditions are treated in the health insurance landscape; and define rescission of a health insurance policy and describe what a person can do to fight against “improper” rescission.