There are federal laws which give people the chance to continue employer-sponsored medical insurance coverage when a person has a "qualifying event" (defined under the "COBRA" section).
Health Insurance and Financial Assistance for the Cancer Patient
TOPICS
- You may not want to think about money right now, but it could become a problem
- Private health plans
- Types of health plans
- Other things to know about health insurance
- How to manage your health insurance
- Getting answers to insurance-related questions
- Keeping records of insurance and medical care costs
- When you have problems paying a medical bill
- Handling a claim denial -- what to do when insurance won`t pay for a prescribed service
- Keeping employer-sponsored health insurance coverage when you leave your job
- COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1986)
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
- The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
- The federal law that is changing health insurance: The Affordable Care Act of 2010
- Government-funded health plans
- Who regulates insurance plans?
- Options for the uninsured
- State coverage and health insurance options for the hard-to-insure
- Financial issues: Getting help with living expenses
- Viaticals and living benefits from life insurance policies
- Outside sources of financial help
- Disability benefits
- To learn more
- References
Keeping employer-sponsored health insurance coverage when you leave your job
Last Medical Review: 01/05/2011
Last Revised: 06/27/2011
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