Financial, Insurance, and Legal Information
Information about financial help, insurance coverage, and support organizations.
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Getting Financial Help for Healthcare
Insurance Information
Information about Legal Healthcare Decisions
Getting Financial Help for Healthcare
- National Organizations That Offer Cancer-Related Support Services
A database of organizations that provide cancer patients and their caregivers with emotional, practical, and financial support services. The database can be searched by type of assistance provided, cancer type, and keyword.
Insurance Information
- Clinical Trials and Insurance Coverage
Information about insurance coverage of the patient care costs associated with clinical trials. - States Requiring Coverage
A searchable list and map of U.S. states that require health plans to pay for the patient care costs associated with clinical trials. Key provisions are summarized.
Information about Legal Healthcare Decisions
- Transitional Care Planning (PDQ®)
[ patient ] [ health professional ]
Expert-reviewed information summary about planning for transitions in level of care (e.g., inpatient to outpatient) for individuals who have cancer. - Advance Directives
A fact sheet that explains informed consent and end-of-life issues during advanced or terminal disease.