Confused about disability benefits issues and health coverage? The Cancer Resource Center offers individual counseling sessions for UCSF and non-UCSF patients, covering health coverage and disability benefits. Speaking to a benefits counselor can be very useful in helping you maximize your options possibly allowing you to maintain or obtain benefits.
Counselors are available twice a month to help you plan appropriately and understand your benefits options, such as:
Maximizing your health coverage choices;
Accessing disability income coverage;
Understanding how work affects disability benefits;
Maintaining private and public benefits.
Benefits counseling covers topics for both health coverage and disability income:
Health Coverage
Private Health Coverage (group and individual)
Medi-Cal
Medicare
Disability Income
California State Disability (SDI)
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Private Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance (STD & LTD)
To meet with one of our UCSF benefits counselors, call 415.885.3693 or send email to set up an appointment.
Overview of Health Insurance and Benefits
Information to help you understand some of the basics of public and private benefits and to assist you in avoiding common problems that arise.
A website, Disability Benefits 101, explains the complex health coverage and benefits rules for people with disabilities who are working or planning to return to work.
Features include easy-to-read descriptions of state, federal, and private benefit programs; articles featuring life situations; access to local, state, and national resources; and a bulletin board.
