I’m looking for advice on dealing with with employer provided disability insurance. I’m out of work due to illness, and I am having trouble navigating the disability insurance provided by my employer. Do I hire a lawyer? Are there other people that I can hire to help on my behalf?
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posted by [insert clever name here]
on Apr 9, 2012 -
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Help! Got an injury before getting laid off, but doctor underdiagnosed me until after the lay-off. Can I still make a disability insurance claim with the company or is it too late?
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posted by truth1ness
on Apr 17, 2011 -
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I'm a Canadian who recently moved to the United States, and my financial advisor is strongly recommending that I get disability insurance. I've done all the prep work and been offered a policy. Now I need to decide whether to take it. Please advise me!
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 12, 2010 -
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We struggling to keep our over-18 child covered under our health insurance. She has a four year history of mental health struggles. She has been able to more or less stay in school as a full-time student but we aren't sure she can keep it up. The two strategies seemed to be to get the school to give her full-time status with a partial load due to disability or to convince the insurance company that she is not capable of "self-sustaining employment" Anyone have any experience with either route?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 26, 2009 -
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Will accepting a disability insurance policy with pre-existing condition exclusions negatively impact my ability to get a policy without them later or have other negative effects?
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posted by anonymous
on May 21, 2008 -
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Tell me about disability insurance. I am self employed, 31 and would like to protect my income in the event of a disability. What are some pitfalls in the language of contracts that I need to look out for? Is disability insurance as important or more important than health insurance?
posted by __
on Jul 20, 2007 -
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My wife has been too sick to work for the past five years because she has Cushing's Disease. Her parents own a small business, and my wife has been "working" for them to get health insurance coverage. We'd like for my wife to collect disability, but I don't know if it would be possible to keep her current insurance coverage and collect disability at the same time. Help?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 9, 2007 -
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OK, guys, the smartass has been humbled. Last weekend I experienced what should have been a mildly stressful event for the average person. However, I have fairly advanced heart disease, and the anxiety put me in the emergency room with chest pains and arrhythmia despite my normal meds and my emergency tranquilizers.
The time has come for me to seriously consider disability, as totally distasteful as I find that. Does anyone know of some objective information sites, particularly regarding how to document my condition, beyond the basic primers that Google coughs up? ( Yes, I am pursuing this through my doctor, but I want a 'second opinion'. ;-P )
posted by mischief
on Feb 23, 2004 -
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