Need Free Help Fast? For no cost, you can contact the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) to help you solve your insurance issues.  The PAF employs case managers to help people with financial, insurance, access, and employment-related issues relating to chronic, debilitating, and life-threatening illnesses. You can contact the PAF by calling 1-800-532-5274, by email at … Continue reading Working with Health Insurance Providers

by  Click any section to preview, or to purchase the full text; $5.95 Sections Introduction: Protecting Your Interests You Are Your Best Advocate Learn to Listen to Your Body You’re Sick or Hurt … What Now? Working with Your Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid Accessing Free and Low Cost Health Services Finding the Right Doctors and … Continue reading Patient & Caregiver “How to…” Guide

The Early Steps   You just got the news from your doctor that you’re sick, and it’s a life-threatening or chronic illness. What now?   As soon as you balance your emotions, you’ll have to make important decisions about your diagnosis, doctors, treatment, care, and finances. During the next few days, weeks, and months, you … Continue reading You’re Sick or Hurt . . . What Now?