Insurance and Legal Rights

You may be eligible for up to 12 weeks of unpaid medical leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

Cancer and the Law

by Rodney Warner, Esq.

A cancer diagnosis can affect more than just your health. If treatment goes well and you have better than adequate health insurance, a strong support system, sufficient savings, and an understanding employer, you have a good chance of returning to life as you knew it before the diagnosis. But for many people diagnosed with cancer, the crisis can spill over into their employment, marital relationship, and other aspects of daily life.

What You Should Know About Disability Benefits

by Gerald B. Kagan, ESQ

Cancer has temporarily interrupted your career. Treatment is proceeding successfully, but you can’t work. Fortunately, you are entitled to disability benefits through your prior employer’s insurance. You apply and provide required physician information. Surely, the benefits will be approved, right? Wrong.

What to Do When Your Insurer Won’t Pay

by Laurie Todd

Diagnosed in 2005 with late-stage appendix cancer, I fought my health insurer's denial of care and won. Here are some things you can do to reverse insurance denials.