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Forum: Employment, Insurance, and Other Financial Issues

Employment, insurance, and financial concerns are common. Meet others here to discuss and for support.

• Cost of Aromasin (exemestane) w/o insurance

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  Created by: MaryNY on Mar 22, 2012 08:41AM

  Latest post: Jun 5, 2019 05:44AM by edwards750

• Looking For Work Post-Cancer

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  Created by: AnxietyGirl85 on Jan 30, 2019 02:52PM

  Latest post: May 22, 2019 10:01AM by Les123

• Just a whinge about insurance

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  Created by: NancyD on Apr 15, 2019 05:56AM

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• Diagnostic mammogram

  23 Posts 444 Views

  Created by: Ginger12 on May 29, 2014 04:56PM

  Latest post: May 14, 2019 10:21PM by Trixie619

• Medicare Approves Genetic Testing for Cancers

  4 Posts 51 Views

  Created by: internutz1 on Jan 28, 2019 06:49PM

  Latest post: May 9, 2019 04:57PM by Irishlove

• Payment!

  2 Posts 80 Views

  Created by: KareninaB on May 3, 2019 08:34PM

  Latest post: May 3, 2019 10:07PM by Meow13

• High Costs Lead to Delays in Care for Low-Income Women

  14 Posts 120 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Mar 20, 2019 01:15PM

  Latest post: May 3, 2019 03:57AM by lovepugs77

• HELP PLEASE! Lumpectomy & United Healthcare ?

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  Created by: Flipflopfinatik on Apr 17, 2019 05:36PM

  Latest post: Apr 18, 2019 04:10AM by Salamandra

• Diagnostic mammogram copayment

  7 Posts 103 Views

  Created by: Mamasha on Apr 10, 2019 06:49PM

  Latest post: Apr 12, 2019 12:05PM by edwards750

• Worried about my job and paying bills!

  2 Posts 83 Views

  Created by: Sattaylor on Apr 1, 2019 11:57AM

  Latest post: Apr 1, 2019 12:45PM by Salamandra

• What happens when you can't afford care? Need a reality check.

  10 Posts 260 Views

  Created by: Catsme on Mar 30, 2019 08:47AM

  Latest post: Apr 1, 2019 05:49AM by edwards750

• Work Accommodation battle - any tips or advice?

  4 Posts 68 Views

  Created by: Kaelia on Mar 19, 2019 09:56PM

  Latest post: Mar 20, 2019 08:13PM by Kaelia

• Diagnosed Women Suggest Changes to Ease Financial Burden

  1 Posts 30 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Mar 13, 2019 10:10AM

  Latest post: Mar 13, 2019 10:10AM by Moderators

• BCBS ppo insurance question

  6 Posts 96 Views

  Created by: Karmic108 on Feb 25, 2019 10:39AM

  Latest post: Mar 11, 2019 06:04AM by Castigame

• Insurance struggles, any advice??

  4 Posts 95 Views

  Created by: AnxietyGirl85 on Mar 4, 2019 07:26PM

  Latest post: Mar 8, 2019 08:43AM by Leydi

• medicare part D prescription plan recommendation?

  5 Posts 65 Views

  Created by: Taurusgirl on Mar 6, 2019 05:23PM

  Latest post: Mar 7, 2019 03:20PM by MarilynIllinois

• Negotiating a schedule for a new job - advice needed!

  4 Posts 65 Views

  Created by: PurpleCat on Feb 27, 2019 04:17PM

  Latest post: Feb 28, 2019 10:54AM by edwards750

• Finances

  2 Posts 51 Views

  Created by: Dec80 on Feb 27, 2019 05:18PM

  Latest post: Feb 28, 2019 01:51AM by beeline

• Life Insurance for Early Stagers

  10 Posts 361 Views

  Created by: sundermom on Apr 17, 2014 08:20AM

  Latest post: Feb 26, 2019 11:07AM by edwards750

• Any insurance experts here? Nervous about switching plans

  4 Posts 95 Views

  Created by: adymaria on Feb 17, 2019 09:14PM

  Latest post: Feb 21, 2019 05:53PM by pajim

• Documentary HBO - Bleed Out

  3 Posts 82 Views

  Created by: cp418 on Jan 10, 2019 08:13AM

  Latest post: Feb 4, 2019 09:13PM by vlnrph

• Hair prosthesis denied by insurance

  25 Posts 248 Views

  Created by: Maria973 on Feb 1, 2019 11:30PM

  Latest post: Feb 4, 2019 03:24PM by Maria973

• Delay in billing to insurance

  2 Posts 33 Views

  Created by: Karmic108 on Jan 31, 2019 11:02AM

  Latest post: Jan 31, 2019 03:42PM by vlnrph

• Working as a hospital staff nurse

  6 Posts 115 Views

  Created by: Bi-omi on Jan 27, 2019 12:30PM

  Latest post: Jan 31, 2019 03:56AM by NotVeryBrave

• LTD Denied for 2019

  8 Posts 178 Views

  Created by: Jenkins00 on Jan 15, 2019 09:54AM

  Latest post: Jan 29, 2019 05:45PM by Jenkins00

• Insurance refusal to pay CAD reading of breast MRI

  12 Posts 180 Views

  Created by: jillj on Jul 12, 2012 08:06AM

  Latest post: Jan 16, 2019 01:43PM by Moderators

• When insurance won’t give a prior authorization

  11 Posts 166 Views

  Created by: elise24601 on Jan 10, 2019 05:56PM

  Latest post: Jan 13, 2019 02:43PM by edwards750

• Cost of Lumpectomy, Plastic Surgery, Radiaton...

  7 Posts 104 Views

  Created by: BWH5 on Jan 7, 2019 04:47PM

  Latest post: Jan 11, 2019 07:38PM by Salamandra

• Anyone Getting Payment for a Wig "Cranial Prothesis" from BSBC?

  9 Posts 93 Views

  Created by: Aug242007 on Nov 26, 2018 05:10AM

  Latest post: Dec 31, 2018 12:11PM by Aug242007

• BCBS/ANTHEM -- "Cancer Care"

  3 Posts 76 Views

  Created by: Survivor_Husband on Dec 26, 2018 11:52AM

  Latest post: Dec 26, 2018 01:10PM by OCDAmy