Legal & Practical Issues for the Cancer Community

24 Mar College and Cancer: Tips from the Inside

Posted at 08:27h in Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

by Michele Rosenthal One of my former students and advisees has said, “Being a college student is difficult enough. Adding cancer to the mix only makes things harder.” I have been privileged to call higher education my professional home for many years. My experiences put me in...

22 Mar Triage Taxes: How Health Coverage Affects Your Taxes

Posted at 08:00h in Finances, Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

When you file your taxes for 2015, you’ll need to include certain information about your health coverage, depending on the type of coverage you had. You had Marketplace coverage in 2015: If you enrolled in a health plan through HealthCare.gov or your state’s Health Insurance Marketplace, watch...

17 Mar Calling All Advocates: Insurance for Fertility Preservation

Posted at 08:27h in Advocacy, Cancer-Related Legal Issues, Health Insurance, Partners, Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

By Alice Crisi For years, California advocates have struggled to secure fertility preservation insurance coverage for cancer patients. A 2013 bill even made its way to the Governor’s desk only to be vetoed because of the one penny per member per month it would cost to...

15 Mar Triage Taxes: Free Tax Return Preparation

Posted at 08:15h in Finances, Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

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10 Mar Resilience: Thriving, Not Just Surviving

Posted at 08:00h in Psychosocial Care by Triage Cancer

by Ruth Bachman, The Hourglass Fund Project, Inspiring Speaker and Award-winning Author In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. ~Robert Frost Cancer is a very powerful and proficient teacher with the potential for profound transformation. It is a change...

09 Mar Family Planning After Cancer: Surrogacy

Posted at 09:00h in Medical Care, Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

Cancer treatment can affect people in many different ways, but one we often don’t think about is the impact on an individual’s ability to have children. People who have received cancer treatment and still want to have a family, but did not have the ability to...

08 Mar Join us in Chicago, on Friday, April 8th

Posted at 08:30h in Disability Insurance, Employment, Finances, Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

For the third year in a row, Cancer and Careers will travel to the Windy City to host a free, daylong event focused on the challenges working people with cancer face in their efforts to balance treatment/recovery and employment. Cancer and Careers' Chief Mission Officer Rebecca...

03 Mar Creating a bridge of caring

Posted at 09:00h in Caregiving, Partners, Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

CaringBridge was born online in 1997 after my friends JoAnn and Darrin had a premature baby named Brighid. That first website allowed Brighid’s family to communicate with loved ones by posting regular journal entries about their health journey. Family members and friends responded with messages...

01 Mar Can’t Afford to Take Time Off?

Posted at 09:00h in Disability Insurance, Employment, Finances, Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

A cancer diagnosis can bring a lot of unexpected expenses. And if you have to take time off work, how do you still pay your bills? Disability insurance can help you manage the costs of a cancer diagnosis. However, navigating the various disability insurance options can...

25 Feb Pancreatic Cancer Deaths Surpass Breast Cancer; It’s Time to Wage Hope

Posted at 09:00h in Advocacy, Partners by Triage Cancer

By Julie Fleshman, JD, MBA In early January, we learned that pancreatic cancer will take more lives than breast cancer this year. The pancreatic cancer community expected this shift, but the news doesn’t come easy. Especially when the five-year survival rate is still in the single digits...