Over 50 million Americans have a mental illness. Despite this overwhelming number, the denial of health insurance coverage for mental health treatment continues to be extremely common, despite federal and state parity laws that are supposed to ensure fairness. On January 26, 2022, our client was admitted to a residential treatment program for teens and […]
The answer is yes.Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative nervous system condition where a part of the brain deteriorates, causing more severe symptoms over time. While this condition is best known for how it affects muscle control, balance, and movement, it can also cause a wide range of other effects on a person’s senses, thinking ability, […]
National Eating Disorders Awareness (“NEDA”) Week is an observance to bring awareness to the seriousness of eating disorders across the United States. Each year, the final week of February is designated Eating Disorders Awareness Week. In 2023, Eating Disorder Awareness Week begins on Monday, February 27th, and ends on Sunday, March 5th. The theme of […]
Heart Disease: Be Heart Healthy 2023By Cari M. Schwartz, Esq.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. About 697,000 people in the United States died from heart disease in 2020. […]
Did you know that 16 million U.S. adults have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and millions more are undiagnosed and unaware that they have the disease? COPD kills more than 150,000 people each year in the United States and more than 3.2 million people worldwide.Each November, the COPD Foundation and its community increase the focus […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual worldwide campaign to increase awareness of the disease and highlight the importance of breast awareness, education, and research. No matter who you are, or where you live, breast cancer may touch your life.In 2022, it is estimated that nearly 44,000 people in the United States will die […]
Nearly 50 million American adults live with a mental health condition and more than half do not receive treatment. Over the past couple of years the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the current mental health crisis and increased the number of people looking for support.The National Alliance on Mental Illness (“NAMI”) has put together the following […]
“I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don’t want to talk about it, they don’t want to know about it. People are frightened of it, and they don’t understand, when actually these issues are treatable.” – Judy Collins.According to the International Association for Suicide Prevention:One in every 100 deaths […]
If you find yourself confused about health insurance terms, you are not alone. A recent Forbes Advisor survey of 2,000 Americans who have health insurance found that over three-quarters of the people surveyed could not identify the term “coinsurance” and nearly half struggled to define the terms copayment and deductible.Kantor & Kantor works with patients […]
In August 2021, Kantor & Kantor filed a complaint against one of California’s largest insurer’s in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles on behalf of a client who was denied coverage for an explant surgery.After a routine mammogram in 2013, and a subsequent biopsy, Kantor & Kantor’s client, a […]
