Clarity
Translate complex healthcare language without oversimplifying important details.
About us
Making healthcare easier to understand.
Coverage Compass combines clear education, practical preparation, local-resource navigation, and thoughtful advocacy.
A public-interest guide to a difficult system.
Coverage Compass is a student-founded healthcare education initiative created to make insurance, medical bills, public programs, and healthcare policy easier to understand. It brings plain-language guides, practical preparation tools, local-resource navigation, and responsible advocacy into one place.
The project is designed for patients, families, caregivers, students, and community members who need a clearer starting point. It also creates space for physicians and other healthcare professionals to discuss how coverage rules affect care.
What Coverage Compass does: explains general concepts, helps people prepare questions, and points users toward official agencies, health plans, and established community resources.
What Coverage Compass does not do: choose insurance for users, determine eligibility, provide medical or legal advice, represent users in disputes, or guarantee outcomes.
Built around four commitments.
Integrity
Distinguish education from individualized professional advice and clearly communicate limitations.
Access
Keep core educational resources free, approachable, and usable across devices.
Advocacy
Help people understand how policy decisions affect patients and clinicians.
Compassion
Recognize that coverage problems often arise during stressful moments.
Collaboration
Learn from community organizations, patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.