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Financial and insurance issues
Discuss the complex financial and insurance issues surrounding a cancer diagnosis.
disability
- By mz · New reply yesterday at 6:14 pm
- 42 replies
- Has anyone applied for Social Security disability because of cancer? I will be going on Chemo for the second time in less than 2 years I have stage 3C ovarian cancer. I think this is going to keep happening ...
Health Reform is Coming and Everyone Benefits.
- By Umbrellaman · Posted yesterday at 4:38 pm
- 0 replies
- Hello to all Umbrellaman here… bringing you up to date information on where the politicians stand on the issue of a healthcare system for our country. Therefore, before listening to the left and right-wingers ...
Hospitality Homes
- By breeveme · Posted April 8, 2008
- 0 replies
- I am a board member of the Oncology Support Foundation and would like to move forward in establishing a hospitality type home in the Bangor Maine area. I am looking for suggestions as to locating long ...
Finding Financial Assistance
- By sqmarianna · New reply April 7, 2008
- 3 replies
- Main web address for financial resources http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts heet/support/financial-assistance ________________________________________ Financial Assistance and Other Resources for ...
money
- By mpatten · New reply March 27, 2008
- 19 replies
- I was totally shocked that there were no entries in this category, am I the only one in these rooms that has been totally devastated financially by cancer. I went from making 200,000 + a year to making ...
insurance
- By maryalyce · Posted February 13, 2008
- 0 replies
- Does anyone know of an insurance that will take a metastatic cancer survivor of 6 years clean? Thanks, Mary ...
Testing positive for BRCA gene: insurance concerns
- By dee9 · New reply February 12, 2008
- 2 replies
- After I was diagnosed with breast cancer, a friend of mine told me that she has a strong family history of breast cancer-- and that she would strongly consider bilateral prophylactic mastectomy if she ...
cancer insurance
- By acosta1027 · New reply January 8, 2008
- 2 replies
- Has anyone received benefits from a cancer policy? I was fortunate that my husband signed up for family cancer coverage and we did receive benefits. My question is .... does anyone know what my tax liability ...
Healthcare savings plan
- By Amy5 · New reply November 8, 2007
- 1 reply
- I've heard that you can have an account in which money can be placed pre-taxed to be used for healthcare expenses. How does that work? My taxes are automatically taken out of my paycheck ...
