Urge Your Representative to Cosponsor the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act The Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act would amend the Social Security Act to eliminate waiting periods for social security disability insurance benefits (SSDI) and Medicare coverage for eligible individuals with metastatic breast cancer. Under current law, a person with metastatic breast cancer must wait five months after applying for Social Security Disability benefits to begin receiving those payments. Also, that person must wait an additional 24 months after disability benefits begin before receiving Medicare insurance coverage. This delay creates obvious hardships for people with metastatic breast cancer as they struggle to pay medical expenses. This delay also ensures that many people with MBC are unable to collect the benefits they paid into the system because of their reduced lifespan, currently averaging 33 months after diagnosis.
This delay affected me personally and caused financial hardship. I had to live without a paycheck for 5 months before my disability began. I struggled to continue working my job to delay those five months for as long as I could. I had help from some friends and family members to help us get by those five months, but we still used up all our savings. I want to help those facing the same diagnosis to not also have to fear financial ruin. Please help me in this fight.
Go to this website: https://www.stopbreastcancer.org/what-we-do/policy/find-tools-to-take-action/#
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