Patent ID: 7979283

Claim:
A method for assisting a user in selecting a medical reimbursement plan, said method comprising: abstracting, by a processor, medical information coming to a first payor from medical providers before the medical information reaches the first payor, said abstracted information pertaining to a particular patient and coming from diverse locations and from diverse disciplines, said abstracted information being data pertinent for subsequent comparison with medical reimbursement plans and being less than a totality of the information provided to said first payor pertaining to a particular patient; abstracting, by a processor, non-medical information coming from diverse locations and pertaining to a particular patient, wherein the abstracted non-medical information is selected from the group consisting of lifestyle information, travel information and information about future plans; wherein the abstracting includes converting, by at least one adaptor prior to storing, the medical and non-medical information from one or more formats; storing the converted abstracted medical and non-medical information over a period of time on a patient-by-patient basis; upon a request from a user, providing, by a processor, at least said stored information for comparisons with medical reimbursement plans; displaying for the user the comparisons with medical reimbursement plans; wherein the abstracted medical information includes parameters for medical reimbursement plans available to the user through a spouse; further wherein abstracted medical information coming to a payor of the spouse from medical providers pertaining to the spouse is obtained by a processor from the spouse's payor; and wherein the spouse's payor may or may not be identical to the first payor.