Cancer Finances 101

cancer finances 101

Have you been looking for a toolkit for navigating your finances after young adult cancer?  Look no further!

Triage Cancer and The Samfund have put together a fabulous toolkit, asking you questions about important topics to bring you the information that you absolutely need.  You can use it to find out more about health insurance, disability insurance, education, estate planning, and so much more with the end goal of helping you understand how cancer treatment impacts your finances. They want to provide you with information and tools to help make sound financial decisions before, during, and after cancer treatment– not just in the wake of the financial wreckage cancer often causes.

Check out the toolkit here!

Financial Assistance For Young Adult Cancer Survivors

financial assistance to young adults after cancer

If you haven’t heard about them already, we’re here to tell you about a wonderful organization we are proud to call a friend, The Samfund.  They offer “financial assistance to young adults as they regain momentum in their lives after cancer.”  We’re talking today specifically about the great work done over at The Samfund because their Winter 2018 Grant application is now open!  The deadline is Thursday, February 8th at 5 pm EST to submit your application, so go do that now!

Learn here and submit your application here!

Affordable Care ACT FAQ From Critical Mass

Affordable Care Act FAQ

Lucky for us, Critical Mass has been staying completely on top of all of the changes that are happening in Washington to the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a the ACA or Obamacare.

Critical Mass has even put together a great FAQ that you can find here.  Have questions?  Now many of them are put together all in one place!  Changes are happening rapidly as the House of Representatives and the Senate decide on exactly what “repeal and replace” of the ACA will look like but now you have the information you need to be informed.  If you find that you still have questions, Critical Mass has set up a text system where you can send your questions.

Have you sent any questions yet?  Let us know!

Affordable Care Act FAQ

Register Today For The National Conference On Work And Cancer

cancer and careers national conference

Lacuna Loft is pleased to partner with Cancer and Careers on the 7th Annual National Conference on Work & Cancer, on Friday, June 23, 2017, in New York City!

This FREE event will explore the complexities working people face as they try to balance their cancer treatment and recovery with employment. Topics will include job search, legal issues, health insurance, working during treatment and more. CEUs will be offered for oncology nurses and social workers. Travel scholarships are available until April 14th!

For more details or to register, please visit www.cancerandcareers.org/conference.

Cancer and Careers, founded in 2001, is a national nonprofit organization that empowers and educates people with cancer to thrive in their workplace, by providing expert advice, interactive tools and educational events. Cancer and Careers reaches more than 325,000 people per year online, in print, and in person with services that include a comprehensive website, free publications in English and Spanish, legal and insurance information, career coaching, resume review, and national events and speaking engagements for employees with cancer and their healthcare providers, employers and coworkers. For access to Cancer and Careers’ wide range of free national services, please visit www.cancerandcareers.org.

Tell Congress That You Need Your Healthcare

#ProtectOurCare

Politics in the United States are changing every day.  One of the policies under scrutiny is the Affordable Care Act, also known as the ACA and as Obamacare.  The ACA made many strides towards helping cancer patients and survivors obtain and maintain their health insurance coverage.  There is fear that changes made to the ACA (or the repeal of it entirely) will dramatically impede the young adult cancer community in having quality and affordable health insurance.  You have the power to let your voice be heard.  Are you only covered because of the ACA?  Before the ACA removed lifetime caps in coverage, would you have run out of coverage due to cancer treatments?  Were you able to change jobs or take time off of work because of the flexibility the ACA finally allowed people with pre-existing conditions…*cough* cancer *cough.*

Tell your members of congress that you need your healthcare! The NCCS has a tip sheet and a sample script to make it SUPER easy!  Make a call, send a postcard, tell your story.

Your story matters.  Make it heard.

The Thing About Cancer + Finances Is…

young adult cancer and finances

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During the month of May, we’ll be bringing back some of your favorite posts in groups of 5!

Today, we’ve got 5 GREAT posts focused on getting to the nitty gritty of young adult cancer and finances.

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National Conference On Work And Cancer This June!

Conference On Work And Cancer

Lacuna Loft is pleased to partner with Cancer and Careers on the 6th Annual National Conference on Work & Cancer on Friday, June 17th, 2016 in New York City!

This FREE conference will explore the complexities working people face as they try to balance their cancer treatment and recovery with employment. Topics will include Job Search, Legal Issues, Health Insurance, Working During Treatment, and more.

CEUs will be offered for oncology nurses and social workers. Travel scholarships are available!

For more details or to register, please visit: www.cancerandcareers.org/conference

Cancer and Careers, founded in 2001, is a national nonprofit organization that empowers and educates people with cancer to thrive in their workplace by providing expert advice, interactive tools and educational events. Cancer and Careers reaches nearly 300,000 people per year online, in print and in person with services that include a comprehensive website, free publications in English and Spanish, legal and insurance information, career coaching, resume review, and national events and speaking engagements for employees with cancer and their healthcare providers, employers and coworkers. For access to Cancer and Careers’ wide range of services please visit: www.cancerandcareers.org.

Health Insurance, Employment, and Finance Guides, Oh My!

health insurance questions

The fabulous folks over at Triage Cancer have some wonderful guides on everything health insurance, employment, and finance as related to cancer treatment and survivorship.  With open enrollment ending January 31st, we thought we’d point out a few of our favorite guides to help you on your way to healthcare coverage and everything else.

Have a question about the affordable care act?  They’ve got a quick guide on that.  Have a question about the Americans with Disabilities Act?  Triage Cancer has a quick guide on that.  Have a question on insurance options?  They’ve got a quick guide on that too!  And so many more!

Here is a link to all of their great guides!

Are You Covered For 2016?

In order to have health insurance coverage for January 1, 2016 you must have signed up for coverage by December 15, 2015.

Are you covered for 2016?

For help check out some of our past posts:

Open Enrollment For 2016 Health Care Coverage Starts Nov 1!

Things I’ve Learned While Applying For New Healthcare Coverage

Spending My Day Signing Up For Health Care Coverage

Always ask questions and stay patient.  Having good health insurance is vital to your health.

P.S.  If you haven’t signed up yet, you are not alone!  This will be part of my Saturday 🙂  Grab a loved one, a pet, a cup of tea, and get started!  Know that it will be frustrating and take a lot of time…but getting good health insurance coverage is so crucial!  You can do it!

West Coast Cancer And Careers Conference!

cancer and careers

Cancer and Careers is hosting a free, west coast conference!  Their website says that the event will “explore the complexities of balancing cancer treatment and survivorship with employment” and that topics will include:  “Legal issues, Health insurance options, Working during treatment, Job re-entry, Job-search, Taking time off, and Disclosure.”

The conference is being held on November 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.  You can register by going to their site.

If you go to the event, tell us about it!