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Triage Cancer Launches 2024 Webinar Series

Navigating cancer can feel daunting. What is the best health insurance for me and my family? Can I continue working during treatment? How do I get help paying for prescription drugs? Triage Cancer has answers to these questions and more. And, we will be sharing that information through our 2024 free Webinar Series, to help educate the cancer community on all cancer-related topics.

What Topics Are Covered in Triage Cancer Webinars?

Triage Cancer's free educational webinar series discusses the practical and legal issues impacting people beyond diagnosis. Topics include:

Triage Health: Understanding Health Insurance

January 30, 2024 – 11am PT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET

This webinar will present key tips for navigating health insurance, including considerations to make when comparing plans and how to minimize out-of-pocket costs.

Managing Medical Bills & Getting Financial Help

 February 27, 202410am PT / 12pm CT /1pm ET

Learn practical steps to manage medical bills, including how to negotiate your bills and set up payment plans. Dollar For will also join us to explain charity care and how you can qualify for financial help from your hospital. We'll also cover useful tips and resources when looking for financial help.

Improving Access to Fertility Preservation

March 26, 2024 – 11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET

This webinar will explore the barriers to accessing fertility preservation, the fertility preservation laws that have passed, what to do if insurance denies coverage, and legislative advocacy opportunities around fertility preservation.

Triage Health: Estate Planning

April 30, 2024 – 10am PT / 12pm CT /1pm ET

Estate planning can be overwhelming and can often bring up topics that are difficult to discuss. However, being prepared can also bring a sense of comfort. This webinar will cover the various documents that can make up an estate plan, things to consider as you begin the process of creating your plan and options available to individuals to protect their medical decision-making rights.

Benefits for Veterans with Cancer

May 29, 2024 – 11am PT / 1pm CT /2pm ET

Members of the U.S. Military and U.S. Veterans have access to specific benefits, programs, and resources that may be useful after a cancer diagnosis. This webinar will explore the benefits available to Veterans and how they may work with other benefits Veterans already have.

Triage Health: Caregiving

June 27, 2024 – 10am PT / 12pm CT /1pm ET

Learn about the rights of caregivers at work, how to replace lost wages while acting as a caregiver, and practical tips to support caregivers. We’ll also talk about community resources available to caregivers.

Triage Health: Understanding Your Rights at Work

July 16, 2024 – 9am PT / 11am CT /12pm ET

This webinar discusses managing work after a diagnosis, including how to continue working during treatment, take time off, replace lost income, understand retirement options, and navigate the health insurance and financial implications of each decision.

Maximizing Employee Benefits

August 27, 2024 – 11am PT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET

This webinar will present tips for how to maximize benefits that may be offered by employers, including how to pick a health insurance plan if you are given options, accessing other types of insurance (e.g., life or disability), tax saving strategies, planning for retirement, and more. This webinar will also discuss benefits people are less familiar with, such as employee assistance and wellness programs.

Triage Health: Medicare 101

September 26, 2024 – 9:30am PT / 11:30am CT /12:3pm ET

Learn about the different “Parts” of Medicare, supplemental plans, decisions to make during open enrollment, and how it works with other insurance. We’ll close with a hands-on workshop to compare Medicare plans using Triage Cancer's Medicare Options Comparison Worksheet.

Triage Health: Paying for Prescription Drugs

October 29, 2024 -10am PT / 12pm CT /1pm ET

This webinar will explore the cost of prescription drugs, which will include how coverage works in individual and employer-sponsored insurance and the various financial assistance options available to individuals to help afford prescription drugs.

Tips on Accessing Care

November 19, 2024 – 11am PT / 1pm CT /2pm ET

This webinar will present tips for accessing cancer screenings, testing, and biomarker testing, including insurance coverage for these services, and steps to take if insurance denies coverage.

How Do You Watch Triage Cancer Webinars?

You can register to watch one or more of our webinars. Or, if you miss the live event, you can watch the recording of our webinars on our Past Webinars page.

Every free webinar is open to anyone, including individuals diagnosed with cancer, caregivers, advocates, and health care professionals.

Triage Cancer offers free continuing education credit for nurses, social workers, patient advocates, and human resources professionals who attend the live webinars.

Webinars are held on the Zoom platform. If you have questions about using Zoom, see our Zoom Instructions for Webinars and Meetings.

Does Triage Cancer Have Other Webinars?

Yes! Triage Cancer partners with other organizations throughout the year to offer webinars on a variety of topics.

For example, Triage Cancer and Los Angeles Public Library are collaborating with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to host this webinar series:

Using Libraries to Educate About cancer Finances (LEAF) Webinars

  • January 22, 2024 – Session 1: Understanding Health Insurance
  • January 29, 2024 – Session 2: Decisions About Work
  • February 5, 2024 – Session 3: Getting Organized
  • February 12, 2024 – Session 4: Being Prepared

10am PT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET

ANYONE is welcome to register for and attend these free webinars, even if they are not an individual affected by cancer. Continuing education/contact hours/PDCs are not available for this series

Register today for any of these webinars. We hope to see you at one of these events soon!

About Triage Cancer

Triage Cancer is a national, nonprofit providing free education to people diagnosed with cancer, caregivers, and health care professionals on cancer-related legal and practical issues. Through events, materials, and resources, Triage Cancer is dedicated to helping people move beyond diagnosis.

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