Legal, Insurance and Financial Challenges

Triage Cancer provides education on practical and legal issues impacting cancer patients and their caregivers at triagecancer.org. See their Checklist to Minimize Financial Toxicity. See their listing of state by state regulations for the health insurance industry. Look up cancer resources by state

National Cancer Institute has a web page on Financial Toxicity (Financial Distress) and Cancer Treatment

Livestrong provides a summary of results from a 2015 survey Financial Impact of Cancer on Survivors

Laurie Todd is a cancer survivor who has made it her business to help those with cancer appeal denials of insurance coverage. Examples of appeal letters and links to her books can be found on her website theinsurancewarrior.com

Patient Advocate Foundation provides case management services and financial aid to Americans with chronic, life threatening and debilitating illnesses

Cancer Legal Resource Center, a program of the Disability Rights Legal Center, provides free cancer-related legal information and a Patient Legal Handbook