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An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

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    • Child Design Systems
    • Accessibility
    • Design Principles
    • Print guidelines
    • Support Policies
    • CSS normalization
      • Headings
      • Body
      • Content
      • Links
      • Lists
    • Spacing
      • Layout Grid
      • Breakpoints
    • Inverse Base
    • Theme colors
    • System color tokens
    • Components overview
    • Global config
    • Component analytics
    • Accordion
    • Alert
    • Autocomplete
    • Badge
    • Button
    • Card (M.gov)
    • Checkbox
      • Calendar Picker
      • Multi Input Date Field
      • Single Input Date Field
    • Drawer & Help Drawer
    • Dropdown
    • Filter Chip
      • Healthcare.gov Footer
      • Medicare.gov Footer
      • Healthcare.gov Header
      • Medicare.gov Header
    • Hint
    • Icon
    • Idle Timeout
    • Inline Error
    • Inset (HC.gov)
    • Label & Legend
      • Healthcare.gov Logo
      • HHS Logo
      • Medicare.gov Logo
    • Modal Dialog
    • Month Picker
    • Pagination
    • Radio Button
    • Review
    • Skip Nav
    • Spinner
    • Stars (M.gov)
    • Step List
    • Table
    • Tabs
      • Label Masked Field
      • Masked Field
      • Text Field
    • Third Party External Link
    • Tooltip
    • USA Banner
    • Vertical Navigation
    • Patterns overview
      • Forms
      • Form validation
    • Phone numbers
    • ZIP codes
    • Layouts overview
      • One Column Page Layout
    • Documentation Page
    • Utilities overview
    • Background Color
      • Border Radius
      • Border
    • Display
    • Flexbox
    • Float
    • Focus
      • Font Family
      • Font Size
      • Font Style
      • Font Weight
    • Margin
    • Overflow
    • Padding
      • Line Height
      • Measure
      • Text Alignment
      • Text Color
      • Text Decoration
      • Text Transform
      • Truncate
      • Word Break
    • Vertical Align
    • Visibility
    • Separating labels, hints, and errors in v9
    • Standardizing spacing in v7
    • Standardizing theme colors in v7
    • Sass to CSS
    • Migrating to v4 buttons
    • Migrating to v2
    • Using agnostic typography classes

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Third Party External Link

The third party external link component is used to notify a user that the action they are taking will take them to a new external website.

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  • Guidance

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React

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Analytics

This component has analytics tracking available. Please see our developer documentation about using analytics in the design system.

Guidance

Use this pattern when the user is in the middle of a task or application to let them know that the action they are taking will move them away from the current site and or process. This serves as a warning where the user can then decide to remain where they are in the application or process.

Any non .gov and .mil links will be treated as external whether they belong to a government agency or not, no exceptions

  • CMS policy on external links
  • CMS external link disclaimer

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  • Guidance

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A federal government website managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21124