The Cancer Legal Resource Center provides information on cancer-related legal issues for cancer survivors, their families, and others impacted by the disease.
The Patient Advocate Foundation provides education, legal counseling, and referrals to cancer patients and survivors concerning managed care, insurance, financial issues, job discrimination, and debt crisis matters.
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Sep 16, 2009New site offers one-stop shop for financial help. |
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Sep 16, 2009FDA gets power over Big Tobacco. |
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Mar 15, 2010New Jersey Legalizes Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana now legal in 14 states. |
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May 18, 2010Navigating the Maze of Disability Navigating through the maze of disability insurance. |
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Jun 07, 2010A Health Care Victory for Cancer Patients Cancer patients and survivors may have extended insurance benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
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Sep 07, 2010Skin cancer advocates hope a new 10 percent tax on indoor tanning will pull tanners out from under the bulbs. |
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Sep 07, 2010New health care law may help cancer patients control costs & gain access to clinical trials. |
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Sep 07, 2010Everyone wants great health care, but questions of cost must be addressed, experts say. |
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Dec 22, 2010State Laws Guarantee More Information for Breast Cancer Patients Connecticut and New York enact laws that require physicians to better communicate breast health information. |
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Mar 03, 2011Early planning can ease financial and insurance issues. |
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Mar 03, 2011States jump on the smoking ban wagon. |
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Jun 09, 2011Advance directives spare loved ones from difficult decisions. |
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Jun 13, 2011Advance care planning can clarify expectations for cancer patients. |
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Jun 20, 2011Teenage Tan Bans Spreading Across States Several states have enacted laws prohibiting tanning bed use by minors. |
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Jun 20, 2011The Health Care Law: Rhetoric and Reality The Healthcareandyou.org website is dedicated to helping people make sense of the new healthcare law. |
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Sep 14, 2011Another State Gets Chemo Parity Texas joins nine other states in requiring health insurance providers to cover oral chemo the same as I.V. treatments. |
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Sep 14, 2011Researchers spend years uncovering what can cause cancer and what to do about it. |
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Dec 21, 2011Cancer patients can get financial help from a sometimes bewildering variety of sources. |
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Dec 21, 2011Medical Debt: An Unspoken Side Effect of Cancer Care For many patients, “financial toxicity” is an unwelcome side effect of cancer care. |
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Dec 21, 2011Obama Issues Order to Resolve Drug Shortages In November, President Obama initiated an executive order to tackle the growing shortages of medicines used to treat some forms of cancer and other diseases. |