Does insurance cover cancer treatment?

Cancer and Insurance Coverage. Health plans have to help pay for your cancer treatment. You have rights as a cancer patient under the Affordable Care Act: Your insurance cannot be canceled because you have cancer. You cannot be denied insurance if you have cancer. Children with cancer cannot be turned down for coverage. read more

Health plans are not required to cover the research costs of a clinical trial. Examples of these costs include extra blood tests or scans that are done purely for research purposes. Often, the trial sponsor will cover such costs. Plans are also not required to cover the costs of out-of-network doctors or hospitals, if the plan does not usually do so. read more

Works with the patient and their insurer to resolve insurance problems; also provides direct financial support to insured patients who are financially and medically qualified for drug treatments and/or prescription co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles related to certain cancer diagnoses. read more