According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States.In 2019, an estimated 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in the U.S. as well as 62,930 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.Men also […]
The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (WHCRA) was signed into law on October 21, 1998. The WHCRA provides protections for individuals who elect breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. The WHCRA covers women who undergo a mastectomy for any medical reason, not just to treat breast cancer.Under WHCRA, if your group health plan […]
Suicide is a Leading Cause of Death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) WISQARS Leading Causes of Death Reports, in 2017:Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of over 47,000 people.Suicide was the second leading cause of death […]
On August 16, 2019, a nationwide class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the medical device manufacturer Allergan to protect women with Allergan’s textured breast implants from the increased risk of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), which has now been associated with Allergan’s […]
It’s a common story shared by an increasing number of women. They received breast implants and after a period of time, they started getting sick. A client, whose name is being kept anonymous to protect her privacy, contacted Kantor & Kantor recently for help with an insurance denial. The woman was in failing health and […]
Getting breast implants can change a person’s life for the better.But in recent years, women have suspected that their breast implants have made them very ill with diseases such as:rheumatoid arthritissclerodermaSjögren’s syndromeAccording to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Plastic Surgeon Foundation, approximately 10 million to 11 million women in the world have […]
Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in May in the United States since 1949 by Presidential proclamation. Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental condition. According to the National Institute for Mental Health, an estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older—about one in four adults—suffer from […]
