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URGENT HELP NEEDED PLEASE
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My brother has surgery in March and has a recurrent malignant brain tunor Grade IV.  He has been denied for Avastin/CPT-11 treatment and we have a hearing ...
407/10/07 Message Rating
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Free Chemo Medication
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We no longer have insurance and could not afford my husband's Temador. We found Schering's Commitment to Care Program. They are now mailing us his Temad...
007/06/07 Rated by 2 members
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Issels Clinic in Santa Barbara
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Anyone familiar with this clinic and its protcols, please be kind enough to enlighten me.  Does Medicare cover this clinic and whatever fees (hospitalizati...
306/25/07 Message Rating
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Uninsured or UnderInsured?
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If you are looking for a way to save money on Medical,RX,Vision and or dental please contact me. i will show you how me and my family save money on these servic...
106/12/07 Message Rating
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Inconclusive CT scan
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Hello! My name is Megg.  I am a 30 yo female with a golf ball size lump just above my collar bone.  This started out as a pea sized lump in Novem...
206/04/07 Message Rating
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PSA and Medicare
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As I am watchful waiting with a very high PSA (60), it is necessary to have a PSA test every three months. Medicare will only approve one test per year. Do...
006/02/07 Message Rating
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coinsurance
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The latest insurance policies require a coinsurance payment by patients.For those of us with complex cancer treatments the costs patients now have to pay can be...
006/01/07 Message Rating
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Health Insurance
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My Husband may have to leave the Country and I will loose my health benefits from his Employer when this happens.  Since I am a Cancer Patient I know it wi...
005/25/07 Message Rating
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Granulosa Cell Tumor
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Does anyone in here have Granulosa Cell Cancer?  I was diagnosed with it back in December 2006.  I had taken out an extra Cancer rider policy with my ...
005/15/07 Message Rating
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Medicare Coverage for Cell Cul...
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A genomic test can help to find out if a cancer patient will benefit from chemotherapy or not, and if they do (high risk patients), further pre-tests like cell ...
205/02/07 Message Rating
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web-site that helps out financ...
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There is a great new web-site that helps people that are in need financialy due to illness.The site is www.dollarfairy.org  Take Caretradeheart
004/04/07 Message Rating
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Frustrated with paperwork !!!
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I’ve been a breast cancer patient since 2002. I had been so frustrated about the time it took to manage medical bills and insurance explanation of benefit...
003/27/07 Message Rating
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Frustrated with paperwork !!!
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I’ve been a breast cancer patient since 2002. I had been so frustrated about the time it took to manage medical bills and insurance explanation of benefit...
003/27/07 Message Rating
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Frustrated with paperwork !!!
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I’ve been a breast cancer patient since 2002. I had been so frustrated about the time it took to manage medical bills and insurance explanation of benefit...
003/27/07 Message Rating
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Can anyone help me?
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HelloI have a very close friend who is only 59. She was told last week that she has lung cancer. Her primary doctor told her there wasnt anything to cure it. Th...
103/04/07 Message Rating
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Cheap Health and Life Insuranc...
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life and health insurance has many advantages. But understanding  life and health insurance and its benefits means sifting through the myths surrounding it...
001/15/07 Message Rating
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Coverage for "Alternative" the...
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Hello,We have been looking into different forms of therapy to be used in conjuction with my father's radiation for primary melanoma with secondary mets to t...
301/14/07 Message Rating
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Stage IV Lung Cancer, Medicare...
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Anyone out there been thru this (or is going thru this now )?  My wife has Lung Cancer Stage IV.  She is 58 yrs. old.  She will be on Medicare 2/...
401/05/07 Message Rating
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Sir Spheres and Insurance Cove...
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Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me if they have had SIR spheres and whether the insurance co. paid for this procedure? My son is Stage iv with mets to liver and t...
1012/08/06 Message Rating
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United Health Care Insurance P...
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Hi everyone, My son Shawn was scheduled to visit Pittsburgh on Sunday, December 10th to get diagnostic testing for SIR spheres. We were told that UPMC was out...
112/08/06 Message Rating
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When You Have Cancer and no In...
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What do USA citizens do to get treatment for cancer when they don't have insurance. My son went to Bumrungrad Hospital in Tailand to get treatment. He was there...
112/04/06 Message Rating
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Avastin 2nd Line Insurance
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My wife had a complete response to first line chemo including avastin. The cancer has returned and the oncologist tells us insurance will probably not pay for A...
411/13/06 Message Rating
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no Insurance?
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I need any and all advice on how to proceed if my Dad has no insurance and is seeking treatment through the VA Hospital. We are hitting road blocks at every tu...
510/26/06 Message Rating
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no Cancer Insurance
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What do you do when you think you have coverage and come to find out your cancer insurance lapsed due to switching banks.How can he get disability started he is...
007/02/06 Message Rating
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Attention 2658sage
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I read your post, but now can't find it and I have some thoughts for you. Amy
002/19/06 Message Rating
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