Stephanie O'Neill March 27, 2020 On weekday evenings, sisters Lesley Laine and Lisa Ingle stage online happy hours from the Southern California home they share. It’s something they’ve been enjoying with local and faraway friends during this period of social distancing and self-isolation. And on a recent...
Written by: Kristi Sullivan, a Certified Financial Planner™ at Sullivan Financial Planning, LLC So, you’ve seen all the newsletters advising you not to panic and sell as the stock market loses 20% in a week. You may even hear investment folks encouraging you to buy stocks if...
On Friday, we posted this blog, News You Need During Covid-19: Taxes, Student Loans, Work, & Insurance with some key information for the cancer community and beyond, about taxes, insurance, work, and more. Things are changing rapidly, so we also want to share this article with...
We know that the news has been challenging over the last few weeks as we all try to stay up to date on how current events are impacting our daily lives. But we did want to share some promising news to help us all manage these...
Q: How can I request to work from home as an ADA reasonable accommodation with the health threat of Covid-19? I can work efficiently from home, but that option has not been offered to other employees at my work. As someone currently receiving cancer treatment...
Kaiser Health News Michelle Andrews March 12, 2020 As the novel coronavirus continues to march across the country, for many workers getting sick is only part of what worries them. What about getting paid if they are ill or have to be quarantined? Congressional Democrats are pushing for legislation...
Have you been curious about complementary medical approaches? These approaches might work for you or someone you care for as a supplement for treatment of a cancer diagnosis and help alleviate symptoms from treatment. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) has helped determined what complementary...
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News February 11, 2020 When Stacey Richter’s husband recently landed in a New Jersey emergency room, fearing a heart attack, she had an additional reason for alarm: a potential big bill from the hospital if the ER wasn’t in his insurer’s network. So she...
Judith Graham February 4, 2020 Kaiser Health News Craig Holly was determined to fight when the home health agency caring for his wife decided to cut off services Jan. 18. The reason he was given by an agency nurse? His wife was disabled but stable, and Medicare was changing...
Did you know that an estimated 50 million Americans have preexisting conditions? And when you consider that any medical condition can be considered a preexisting condition, (e.g., heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, allergies, etc.), that number seems low. Before the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), in most...