Navigating Finances
Health care is expensive, and navigating finances after a medical diagnosis can be overwhelming. These materials and resources will teach you about avoiding the financial burden of a cancer diagnosis (often referred to as financial toxicity), managing medical bills and debt, paying for prescriptions, finding financial help, budgeting, and more.
If you are looking for direct financial assistance, please see our database of Financial Assistance Resources. Triage Health does not provide direct financial assistance.
Quick Guides, Checklists, & Other Materials
These Quick Guides, Checklists, Worksheets, and other materials, present information in a brief, easy-to-digest, printable format to take some of the stress out of navigating a chronic or serious medical diagnosis and finances. If you are looking for more comprehensive information, see our Practical Guides to Cancer Rights.
Many of our materials and resources are available in Spanish.
If you are a health care professional interested in ordering free, bulk copies of our resources please email us at TriageHealth@TriageCancer.org.
- Quick Guide to Bankruptcy
- Quick Guide to Crowdfunding
- Quick Guide to Getting & Paying for Prescription Drugs
- Quick Guide to Life Insurance
- Quick Guide to Managing Debt
- Quick Guide to Managing Medical Bills
- Quick Guide to Charity Care
- Quick Guide to Managing Student Loans
- Quick Guide to Accessing Mental Health Care
- Checklist: Finding Financial Help
- Checklist: Getting Organized
Animated Videos & Webinars
- Animated Video: Managing Medical Bills (6:25)
- Webinar: Navigating Insurance & Managing Medical Bills
- Webinar: Steps for Managing Finances and Insurance After a Cancer Diagnosis
- Webinar: Help Paying for Care
- Spanish Materials & Resources
Finances
CancerFinances.org is designed to help guide you through some key topics that may impact your financial situation. Whether you are newly diagnosed or many years past active treatment, this site can help. By answering a few questions, the tool will guide you to the information most relevant to you.
Drug Discount Card
The Triage Cancer drug discount card can help you save up to 80% off the cash price of prescriptions, over-the-counter medications and supplies written as prescriptions, and human equivalent pet medications. Users can also save 40% off medical equipment.
More Tools for Navigating Finances
- IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Sample Letters to Deal with Debt Collectors
- Credit Reports
- Find a Financial Planner
- How to Live on a Low Income: A Resource and Benefit Guide
- Pay Less for Prescription Drugs
- Financial Resources from Federal Agencies and Organizations
- American Bar Association – Understanding Your Credit Score
- American Bar Association – Money Management
- Automatic Student Loan Forgiveness for People with Disabilities
- FEMA Emergency Financial First Aid Kit
- Understanding Charitable Patient Assistance Programs: Financial Assistance for Medication Copays