If you're jobless and looking for a job, then it can be exhausting. Finding affordable health insurance isn't much easier.

People who do not have employer-provided coverage have alternatives to choose from, which vary from individual insurance policies to programs that are financially supported by Government.

The problem is that information in regards to these policies is rather vague or lack transparency. It is often confusing and fragmented as well.

Now, the Department of Health and Human Services has launched a website, HealthCare.gov, which has been designed to help consumers recognize sources of public and private coverage.

If you're looking for an individual insurance policy, you will need to offer information regarding your age, your state of dwelling, and whether you are suffering from any kind of medical condition.

Once that is done, there will be a list of plans available in your region.

There will be a summary of all the plans, benefits and one can also find out whether ones particular doc is on the plan’s network or not. The prices, however, will not be there and is expected to be available not until October.

Online health insurance sites offer premium quotes for individual insurance plans, however they usually don't offer information about Government-run programs for you or your kids.