Practical Issues

Receiving a cancer diagnosis and undergoing treatment often results in issues you’ll need to confront in your day-to-day life – some that may continue long after you’ve completed treatment. The following sections help you understand the steps you can take to manage health insurance concerns, as well as your rights in the workplace that are important when you return to work, change jobs, or are unable to continue working.

Health Insurance

• Disability, individual/group, life, and property insurance from the Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Health insurance information from the Lance Armstrong Foundation (video)
• What Cancer Survivors Need To Know About Health Insurance, available from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

Career Planning

• Information about working during treatment from the American Cancer Society
• Tips from CanTeen for living with cancer in the workplace
• Information from the Lance Armstrong Foundation regarding employment law and discrimination
• Survivor stories from the Lance Armstrong Foundation about (video)
• Working It Out: Your Employment Rights As A Cancer Survivor from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship