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Financial and insurance issues
Share tips, resources, and ideas how to ask for and get the financial assistance that is out there.
Obama and Ovarian circa '07
- By CATSMEOW · New reply November 17, 2009
- 40 replies
- "To fix health care, we have to fix Washington," he says at the end of the ad. It's an anecdote Obama has been recently field testing on the campaign trail. This is how he told the story of his MOTHERS ...
Social Security Disability Rules Changed
- By Ovacom06 · New reply November 10, 2009
- 22 replies
- Good News! This article was taken from the November 2009 Ovarian Cancer National Alliance newsletter. The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance has been working on your behalf to make it easier for women with ...
getting back to work
- By kurri · New reply November 6, 2009
- 9 replies
- I was diagnosed with stage lll ovarian cancer in february this year. after surgery i had 6 cycles of chemo. I finished in july. Three weeks after the end of my chemo I had my IP port removed and I am ...
Social Security Disability
- By skatemama · New reply November 1, 2009
- 30 replies
- Hello all: I am new to this community and I hoped some of you could share some of your experiences with applying for SSD. I applied for SSD on March 4th but haven't heard anything back. I find myself ...
Fired Because of Insurance Claims?
- By tyke2you · New reply October 23, 2009
- 10 replies
- My husband went into work Monday morning and out of the blue was fired. We believe it may be because we have a lot of medical claims. I had surgery for an infected foot just a few months prior to being ...
My newest dilemma
- By katelynsmamaw · New reply October 15, 2009
- 22 replies
- Just found out today that my insurance company is not going to pay for my radiation treatments because it is considered "pre-existing." The estimated cost is between $25,000 and $35,000 !! Hold on a second ...
No Prescription Insurance? LOOK HERE!
- By kibbitzqueen · New reply October 2, 2009
- 1 reply
- I printed this card FOR FREE and saved $43.00 on the first prescription I used it for at Walgreens! http://www.drugcardcoupon.com/card.html This is another card I got for free. I give all THREE of my ...
List of Financial Resources
- By Shamrock2009 · New reply September 7, 2009
- 2 replies
- I am not sure if this has already posted but it appears to be a good resource for financial needs listed on the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) site : http://www.cancer.net/patient/Library/Fi ...
Medical Insurance
- By mags330 · New reply September 5, 2009
- 4 replies
- My wife was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer in May and has since returned to work which has been a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because it helps keep her mind off things but a curse because ...
Health Insurance not very reassuring!
- By designermom · New reply August 31, 2009
- 6 replies
- A couple of weeks ago, I had an exam because of some odd symptoms that seemed similar to what my mom went through, 4 years ago. Everything checked out ok, but my doctor ordered a follow-up ultrasound ...
Financial aspects of cancer
- By Kathy85301 · New reply August 29, 2009
- 2 replies
- Has anyone out there had financial problems relating to their illness? Turns out I'm under-insured and my hospital bill is sky high. Not to mention the cost of chemo ...
Anyone on disablity from OVCA?
- By cjpipkins · New reply August 18, 2009
- 42 replies
- Okay I was diganosed with IIIC OVCA 8 years ago and recurrence last May and I have tried to work as much as possible and have a wonderful job with the State but I just don't think I can con't to do it ...
US Healthcare ranking
- By Shamrock2009 · New reply August 18, 2009
- 23 replies
- The US WHO rankings in 2000: We ranked #37 in overall in healthcare We ranked #24 in life expectancy We ranked #72 in health performance 2002 thru 2005: #2 in total expenditure % per GDP Something is ...
Option for non-immigration on Insurance in the US
- By bao · New reply August 18, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hello all, I have read this forums for a while. The situation is my mom was diagnostic with Ovarian Cancer around the end of June. I took her to the US for treatment. Since she does not have insurance ...
OK applying for disiability, WHAT about INSUR?
- By CountryGirl46 · New reply August 14, 2009
- 19 replies
- I have been reading alot of discussions on here about applying and receiving disiability. But I am seeing that medicade/medicare doesn't kick in for two years after being accepted on disiability What ...
OCNA & Change.org
- By Shamrock2009 · Posted July 30, 2009
- 0 replies
- Found this great site -- Change.org with OCNA on it. http://healthcare.change.org/nonprofits/ search?city=&keyword=&name=ovarian&state =0 ...
what to do when the insurance runs out
- By paintergal · New reply July 28, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi, I was diagnosed last year right after I graduated from college. Something that has takenme 7 years to do...Im 48. Anyway, I cobraed the school insurance which cant be extended. It ends the end of ...
does medi-cal cover cost of ovca cancer treatment?
- By mathwhiz · New reply July 25, 2009
- 5 replies
- 1. does medi-cal cover cost of ovarian cancer treatment completely or is there a lot of out-of-pocket/co-pay that needs to be paid? 2. has anyone got a de-bulking surgery done in the emergency room? i.e ...
cost of chemotherapy for uninsured patient
- By mathwhiz · New reply July 6, 2009
- 18 replies
- hi, my mother doesn't have insurance nor does she qualify for medical/medicare because of immigration status. She is 65. so I am going to be paying for surgery/chemotherapy out of my pocket. Does anyone ...
Patient Advocates
- By JanJ · New reply July 3, 2009
- 7 replies
- A former colleague of mine at a newspaper in Atlanta just sent to me an article she wrote about patient advocates, a group that helps patients fight the financial battle that comes with illness, whether ...
