Understanding the Cost of Care & Your Health Care Coverage

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Topics Covered

• Overview of the Medical & Indirect Costs of Treatment
• What to Do When Cancer Treatment Seems Unaffordable – Self Advocacy
• Talking with Your Health Care Team about Your Financial Concerns
• The Benefits & Limitations of Your Health Plans, Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Coverage
• Tips on Appealing Your Insurance & Medicare Claims & Provider Denials
• Living Wills, Health Care Proxies & Advance Health Care Directives
• Accessing Financial, Co-Payment Assistance & Medicaid Programs
• Support for the Underinsured & Uninsured, Including the Affordable Care Act (ACA) & Medicaid
• Other Resources for Financial Help
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Leonard Saltz, MD

Medical Oncologist, Executive Director for Clinical Value & Sustainability, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Michele McCourt

Executive Director, CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation

Michelle Weiss, JD

Staff Attorney, LegalHealth Unit, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

Jennifer LaPietra, MSW

Patient Assistance Program Manager, CancerCare

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on April 23, 2025.