Health Care

How to Pay for Cancer Treatments and Integrative Medicine

by Dr. Nalini Chilkov

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A Solution to the Cost of Integrative Cancer Care:  Crowd Funding for Health and for Choice

It seems the Road to Health is Paved with Gold.   Integrative Cancer Care  is expensive.  Conventional Modern Oncology care is  uber expensive. Diagnostic blood tests, MRIs, Scans, biopsies, doctor visits.  Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radation Therapy. Too many drugs.  What if you are having a treatment not approved by your insurance company?  What if you have to stop working?  How to pay for all of this?

If you ALSO want to include Integrative Cancer Care so you can BE PROACTIVE,  support health during and after cancer treatment, manage side effects, fatigue, digestive function, lower your risk of recurrence…well that can be VERY costly.

Unfortunately there are very few insurance plans that have the wisdom and compassion to cover Integrative Cancer Care, acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutritional supplements, massage therapy,  specialty testing, a visit with a nutritionist, herbalist or naturopathic doctor who is an expert in the HEALTH side of the cancer treatment and cancer recovery equation.  If you want to do everything you can to fight cancer, recover from treatment, improve the quality of life and mitigate side effects during treatment and also rebuild and restore your health and wellbeing after treatment, if you want to use herbal medicines and nutritional therapies, if you want to do everything possible to never have cancer again, if you want to decrease your chances of a recurrence, then you may need some extra funds.   Access to this kind of care should not be just for those with money.   Here is a way to pay for your health care costs and have more choices.

Enter GiveForward.coman easy way to provide financial and emotional support for loved ones, friends and neighbors in times of medical need.   [click to continue…]

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10 Reasons You Should be Tested for Vitamin D

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Cancer From the Kitchen?

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