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Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% in 2022 and Other Important Social Security Changes
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California Appellate Court Clarifies When Underinsured Homeowners Can Sue Their Insurers
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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When You Stop Working For Your Current Employer, What Happens to Your Life Insurance Coverage?
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The Rise of Natural Disasters and Your Familiarity with Your Homeowners Policy
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How Important are Medical Records to Your Disability Claim?
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Lawsuits, Settlements, and What a “Win” at Trial Means in ERISA Disability Benefit Cases
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National Suicide Prevention Week Sept 5 – 11, 2021
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September is National Recovery Month
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What to Look for In Your Health Insurance Policy, Part 2: Lessons learned from NPR series “Bill of the Month”
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Is Your Insurance Company Withholding Your Additional Living Expense (ALE) Benefits Until You Begin Construction?
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Kantor & Kantor Offers Some Clarity on Accidental Death and Dismemberment
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Kantor & Kantor Files Complaint Against Blue Shield of California for Breach of Contract in a Case Involving Breast Cancer
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Can Student Loan Forgiveness Affect Your Long-Term Disability Benefits?
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Kantor & Kantor Asks to File a Class Action Against Primerica Life Insurance Company
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What is Lipedema and Why are Women Being Denied Medically Necessary Treatment?
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What to Look for In Your Health Insurance Policy, Part 1: Does Your Policy Provide Benefits for Out-of-Network or Out-of-State Benefits?
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California Insurance Commissioner Begins Announcing Ban on Non-Renewals for 2021-2022
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Denied Long-Term Disability Benefits? – Why You Shouldn’t Give Up Hope, Even If You Feel Out Of Hope
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Kantor & Kantor Wins Appeal Forcing Blue Shield to Pay for ICU Treatment for Client with Brain Cancer
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Just What is Long-Term Disability Insurance?
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Insurance Companies Whittle Down Birth Control Options
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FAIR Plan – Insurer of Last Resort Expands Basic Property Coverage
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June is PTSD Awareness Month
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Kantor & Kantor, LLP Creates COVID Longhaulers Legal Resource Center
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Kantor & Kantor, LLP Challenges Denial by Kaiser for Critical Treatment of Patient with Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis
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Kantor & Kantor Wins Disability Benefits for a Client Disabled by Multiple Sclerosis
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May is Lupus Awareness Month
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
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Tips for Understanding Your Mental Health Benefits
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Neurological Symptoms Common in COVID Long Haulers
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The Importance of Clear Physicians’ Notes to Your Long Term Disability Claims
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March Is National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month
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UnitedHealthcare’s Motion to Dismiss is Denied in an ERISA case about Denial of Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment
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Breach of Fiduciary Duty – To Exhaust or Not to Exhaust, That Depends on the Circuit
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When Your Physician Won’t Help You with Your LTD Claim
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What Does “Own Occupation” vs. “Any Occupation” Mean in Disability Policies?
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Is Short Term Health Insurance Worth the Cost?
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Kantor & Kantor Health Team Helps A Client Overcome Medical Necessity Denials
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Mediation Basics for ERISA Disability Cases
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Pension De-Risking – Don’t be Duped by the Name
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PBGC – Too Big to Fail?
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Why Evidence for Disability Appeals is Crucial
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Is Your Condition a Pre-Existing Condition, and What Does That Mean for Your Disability Claim?
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Chronic Pain and Long-Term Disability Insurance
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COVID-19 Household Pulse Survey Is Tracking our Mental, Social, and Economic Health During the Pandemic
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Unum’s History of Unfair Handling of Disability Insurance Claims
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Insurance Payments in a Pandemic
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Pushing Back on Insurer’s Refusal to Produce Reserve Information
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M.C. du Pont Clark Employees Pension Trust Litigation
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Departments of Insurance Crack Down on Property Insurers During the Pandemic – No Cancellation During COVID!
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In Proton Beam Cancer Treatment Denial Case, Kantor & Kantor Prevails in Discovery Dispute Against Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Care Plan of Georgia
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Court Rules Air Ambulance Transport Expense Is Not Covered by Health Insurance
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Ninth Circuit Declines to Bar Healthcare Provider’s Lawsuit Based on Anti-assignment Provision in ERISA Health Plan
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COVID-19 Testing and Coverage: A Helpful FAQ From the California Department of Insurance
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Mental Health Executive Order
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Kantor & Kantor, LLP Helps Make the California Mental Health Parity Act the Most Protective in the Nation
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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California Homeowners: You Have the Right to Confirm You Have Enough Coverage to Replace Your Home
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NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK 2020 (SEPTEMBER 6 – 12, 2020) SUICIDE PREVENTION IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 #KEEPGOING
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Kantor & Kantor, LLP Wins Migraine-based Disability Claim Against Unum Life Insurance Company
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July 22 2020 BenefitsChat – Follow Up Resources
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From Kantor & Kantor, LLP – Resources for Long-Term Disability and Health Insurance Claims and Appeals
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Can I File Suit if the Insurance Company Takes Too Long to Decide My Long-Term Disability Claim?
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September 1 is the Deadline for Rea v. Blue Shield of California Class Members to Submit Claims
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COBRA: What You Should Know About Notices and Deadlines
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The Importance of Reviewing the Estimated Replacement Cost of Your Home
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Some SSDI-Related Advice from Your Local Neighborhood Long Term Disability (LTD) Lawyer
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June is National PTSD Awareness Month
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Business Insurance and Damage from Riots
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Kantor & Kantor, LLP to Establish BenefitsChat, a Live Forum so the Public Can Ask Attorneys About Insurance Benefits
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How Your ERISA Appeal Can Change the Course of Your Future Lawsuit
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From California Insurance Commissioner: All Business Interruption Insurance Claims Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic Must be Accepted, Forwarded, Acknowledged, and Investigated Fairly
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Kantor & Kantor Files Federal RICO Complaint Against Health Net, Centene Corporation, and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Partners
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Filing an Insurance Claim for a Home Destroyed or Damaged by Fire
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May is Lupus Awareness Month
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Bracing for the Second Pandemic: PTSD, Cognitive Difficulties and Other Possible Mental and Physical Impacts of the Coronavirus
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
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A Call to Strengthen California’s Mental Health Parity Laws Without Delay
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Claimants with Denied Disability Benefit Claims Get Extra Time to Appeal due to COVID-19
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Disability Claims in a COVID-19 World
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A New Wave of Stress During COVID-19
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What Effects Will COVID-19 Have on Various Types of Insurance?
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One Thing That has Remained Constant in the Time of COVID-19: The Disparity Between Medical and Mental Health Care
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Autoerotic Asphyxiation and Accidental Death Benefits
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Receipt of Short-Term Disability Benefits May be a Condition for Long-Term Disability Benefits
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California Department of Insurance to Insurers: Stop Enforcing Policy or Statutory Deadlines Until the COVID-19 State of Emergency has Ended
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Health Insurance Options for People Who Lose Their Jobs Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Kantor & Kantor Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Supporting Women’s Right to Obtain Contraception Under Their Healthcare Plans
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California Insurance Companies Directed to Provide Increased Telehealth Services During the COVID -19 State of Emergency
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Your Disability Claim and Independent Medical Examinations
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COVID-19 and Business Interruption Coverage
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Class Notices Sent to About 3,000 Potential Plaintiffs to Hold Blue Shield of California Accountable
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Lessons From a Leader in Disability Insurance Law
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The Supreme Court Hands Down a Victory to Employees
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My Insurance Company is Claiming an Overpayment; Do I Have to Pay Them Back?
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Could Mental Health Days Help California Students?
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What ERISA Rights Do I Have After I Appeal My Denied Long-term Disability Claim?
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Five Attorneys from Kantor & Kantor, LLP Have Been Selected to the 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers List
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Tips for Talking to a Lawyer
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How is the Value of my Long-Term Disability Benefit Calculated for Settlement Purposes?
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Kantor & Kantor Partner Gives Her Perspective on One of the Three ERISA Cases Before The Supreme Court
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Social Security Administration Changes for 2020 and How They May Affect You
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Kantor & Kantor Partner Files an Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court
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The Dark Reality of Pre-Authorization
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How Functional Capacity Evaluations Can Help Your Disability Claim
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Understanding Your LTD Policy’s Mental/Nervous Limitation
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World Mental Health Day 2019
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Why ERISA Class Actions and Not Big Jury Trial Awards May Induce Payer Change on Proton Therapy
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Logs – How They Help
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Independent Medical Examinations – How To Know If My Case Needs One
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Kantor & Kantor Partner Files Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court
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Breast Implant Removal and the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act
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Breast Implant Removal and Medicare
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As Suicide Rates Increase, Insurers Make It Harder to Get Treatment
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Kantor & Kantor Presents a Webinar About Getting Insurance Coverage for Explant Surgeries
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National Suicide Prevention Week 2019 – You Deserve A Safety Net
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How Social Security Determinations Affect Long Term Disability Benefits Governed by ERISA
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I’ve Been Told it is “Too Late” For Me to Make a Claim For Health, Life, or Disability Benefits. Is That Right?
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September is Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month
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Class Action Lawsuit Against Allergan Filed To Protect Women from the Increased Risk of Cancer Resulting from Textured Breast Implants
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Important News in Suicide Prevention Announced by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
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Kantor & Kantor Wins Life Insurance Appeal in Federal Court in Virginia
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Should You Hire an Attorney to File your Initial STD or LTD Claim?
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Your Medical Records – What Goes in Them Matters
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Has Insurance Coverage For Your Explant Procedure Been Denied?
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Kantor & Kantor Wins Long Term Disability Benefits for Claimant Disabled by Trigeminal Neuralgia
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Do You Have a Supportive Doctor?
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Kantor & Kantor, Co-Counsel File Class Action on Behalf of DuPont Retirees
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Mastering Long Term Disability Benefits
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Super Lawyers Recognizes Kantor & Kantor Attorneys for 2019
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Coverage for Breast Explant Surgery Was Denied – Kantor & Kantor Stepped In and Got the Denial Overturned
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The Supreme Court to Decide the Nature of Knowledge
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Insurance Companies Certainly Do Not Make It Easy: Be On the Lookout for Some of Their Tactics
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The Importance of Being Timely
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UnitedHealth Group Asks the Supreme Court to Allow Cross-Plan Offsetting
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Why It’s Important To Seek Assistance Early During Your Long Term Disability Claim Process with a Condition Like Rheumatoid Arthritis
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DOL Set to Release Association Retirement Plan Rule
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The Continued Litigation of ESOP Indemnification Agreements
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Dramatic Progress Made in Testing for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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If You Suffer from Chronic Pain, We Hope You Are Aware of this Organization
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Is Cigna Living Up To Its Commitments?
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What is Breast Implant Illness or BII?
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The Lupus Foundation Can Be a Priceless Resource
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What is Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma or BIA-ALCL?
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Using ERISA to Hold Your Fiduciary Accountable
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Is Your Pension Benefit Check Correct?
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month – You Can Start a #RealConvo
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May is Lupus Awareness Month
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May Is Mental Health Awareness Month
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Use of Association Health Plans Struck Down
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The Importance of Neuropyschological Testing in Disability Claims Involving Cognitive Impairment
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Have You Heard of a Psychiatric Advance Directive?
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April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
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Are Today’s Teenagers More Susceptible to Depression and Anxiety?
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The Likes of Sedgwick, Reed Group, Cigna, or Aetna Can Have a Conflict of Interest When Acting as a Third-Party ERISA Claims Administrator
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Plaintiffs Seek Class Action Status for Pension Overstatement Claims Against Northrop Grumman and Hewitt/Alight
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Cancer Survivor Kate Weissman Files Spearheading Class Action Lawsuit to Expose UnitedHealthcare’s Pursuit of Profits over Patient Protection and Care
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What is “Reasonable Continuity” and Why is it Important to My Disability Claim?
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Insurance Approval and Appeal Outcomes at a Large-Volume Proton Therapy Center
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Study Finds One in Six U.S. Children Has a Mental Illness
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March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
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Kantor & Kantor Proves in Court the Limited Value of Social Media in Evaluating Disability
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Meet iCPET, the Newest Tool in the Fight to Treat and Recognize ME/CFS
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The Trump Administration Wants to see Your Facebook to Show You are Not Disabled.
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Why Your ERISA Appeal (and the Evidence You Provide) Is So Important
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Four Key Steps to Proving an MS Disability Claim
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Dealing with Insurance Companies: Managing a Disability Claim on Your Own
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The Affordable Care Act’s Ten Essential Health Benefits
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I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me…
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There Are Many Reasons to Read Your Long Term Disability Insurance Policy
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Nothing Ever Happens “Always”, aka The Dangers of Speaking in Absolutes About Your Medical Conditions and Symptoms
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Read the Fine Print!
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The Insurance Representative Says the Treatment is Covered. But is It?
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Is Life Insurance Policy Lapse the end of the story? Maybe not! … [or, “What is the Notice Prejudice Rule?”]
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The Opioid Epidemic Casts a Wide Net
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Difficult Disability Claims: Battling Bipolar Disorder
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Should I Use the Insurer’s Appeal Form?
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Issues That Can Arise During an ERISA Appeal: Things To Do Before You Hire an Attorney
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“A Clear Win for Consumers” – The Power of Complaining to Your State’s Department of Insurance
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Updates in Disability Insurance: Chronic Fatigue, Insurance Mergers, and New Regulations
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Kantor & Kantor Restores Long Term Disability Benefits for Fibromyalgia Client
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Mental Health Awareness Month Blog Series
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When Your Safety Net Fails
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
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Doctor Support for Health Claims: You Need It and How to Get It
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Why California Needs Behavioral Health Workers
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Insurance Company Doctors Don’t Review Medical Records Before Denying Health Insurance Claims? Are You Kidding Me?
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When Insurance Companies Don’t Help, They Do Harm
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The Disabling Effects of Pain Medication
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Never Assume a Life Insurance Company is in the Right if it Denies Your Claim
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Caution when dealing with your insurance company: If you can’t prove it, it never happened!
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ERISA Appeal Deadline – Talk to an Attorney Early in the Process
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Website Helps Families Confront Denials for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services
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Is Oral Argument Dying?
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What Do You Do If You Cannot Work Because of Mental Illness?
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What’s a “Church Plan” when evaluating your right to benefits under employer benefit plan?
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Are Personal Statements Effective When Making a Long Term Disability Claim?
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What You Need To Know If Insurance Denies Coverage For Your Prescription Medication
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Why Appeal A Health Claims Denial… and How to Do It Right
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Chronic Pain is disabling
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Whose “Clinical Judgment” Applies to Insurance Denials?
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Make sure you share all your symptoms with your doctors!
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Kantor & Kantor Prevails on an Eating Disorder Case in the State of New Jersey
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Tips for Talking to a Lawyer
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The latest on “Discretionary Clauses” in California (Insurance Code section 10110.6)
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“There used to be considerable skepticism that Fibromyalgia was a real disease. No more.”
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Just Because An Insurance Company Denies Your Life, Disability or Health Insurance Claim, DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD GIVE UP!
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Social Security Administration Adopts New Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders
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April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
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In-Network versus Out-of-Network: What you need to know when selecting a medical provider
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WORKPLACE DISABILITY MORE COMMON THAN WORKERS BELIEVE
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The Transition from Short Term Disability (STD) to Long Term Disability (LTD) Benefits
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Trumpcare will cut mental health care and substance addiction treatment for 1.3 million people
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Top 7 Benefits of the Affordable Care Act…Some of Which May Soon Disappear.
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If you have insurance, you need to know about the “notice-prejudice” rule!
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Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all. – Bill Clinton
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Resist the Urge to Submit a Quick Long Term Disability (LTD) Appeal – ERISA or Insurance Bad Faith
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Make Sure Your Lawyer Knows the Law Controlling the “Standard of Review!”
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What’s Going to Happen to Obamacare?
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The pitfalls of doing your own appeal without talking to an attorney first.
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Your Insurance Claim Will Probably Be Denied!
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Using the Courts to Move Insurance Coverage Goals Part I
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Why Your ERISA Appeal Is So Important
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Life Insurance Companies Investigated for Not Paying Claims
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Kantor & Kantor LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit On Behalf of Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Against Blue Shield of California
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Throwback Thursday: Tricks Insurers Play with the Definition of”Disability”
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Conflict of Interest Can Arise When Insurers has Duty to Determine Whether Claimant Qualified for Benefits and The Responsibility to Pay Benefits
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Kantor & Kantor Wins 2015 Best Business Award
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Life Insurance Denial…Overturned
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Four Kantor & Kantor Attorneys make the California Super Lawyers List for 2014
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Proving Disabilities Based On Pain
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Miracle Hepatitis C Drug Cure Being Denied: Not Sick Enough
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Issues That Arise During an ERISA Appeal: Things To Do Before You Hire an Attorney
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NEVER ACCEPT THE DENIAL OF A LIFE INSURANCE CLAIM WITHOUT HAVING THE DENIAL REVIEWED BY AN ATTORNEY!
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Robertson v. BCBS Texas (D. Montana Apr. 15, 2015, No. CV 14–224–M–DWM): “Law and Justice Can Pass Like Ships in the Night”
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The Importance of Requesting and Closely Reviewing your Claim File:
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Unum Bad Faith Practices
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Appaling Conduct By Aetna Results in Court Issuing Order Against Aetna Without a Hearing
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Disability Caused by Subjective Symptoms
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Social Security Disability Benefits in Jeopardy
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May is Lupus Awareness Month
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Kantor & Kantor Awarded 2014 Best of Business Award
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ERISA: Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
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USC Trojans Receiver Marqise Lee Puts Spotlight on Sports Disability Insurance
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Los Angeles Port Workers Sue Pacific Maritime Association, Cigna and Zenith American Solutions for $100 million in Unpaid Health Claims
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“Objective” Evidence of Disability
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Make Your Long Term Care Insurance Work For You
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Domestic Partner files Complaint after Cigna Fails to Recognize Domestic Partnership
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The Importance of Neuropyschological Testing in Disability Claims Including Cognitive Impairment
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Court Orders Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits to be Reinstated for Lupus Sufferer
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California Insurance Code section 10110.6 – Applies to Employer Group Plan Documents
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Long-term Care Insurer Fined Over Failure to Pay Timely Claims
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Watch out for ambiguous, or even deceptive language in communications regarding employee benefits!
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What is “Binding Arbitration”?
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Lyme Disease Disables Client – Long Term Disability Insurance Denial Overturned!
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Dealing with Insurance Companies: Managing a Disability Claim on Your Own
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Senator Patrick Kennedy and Public Respond to Anthem’s Behavior in CBS’ 60 minutes segment, ‘Denied’
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Kantor & Kantor Helps Cancer Patient Get Life Saving Treatment
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A Grateful Thanksgiving for another Kantor & Kantor Client!
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California Proposition 45 Defeated: Why the voters should be kicking themselves
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PART III: How Can Non-participating Providers Rendering Emergency Services Enforce their Rights in Payor-Provider Reimbursement Disputes?
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PART II: What level of reimbursement are non-participating (out-of-network) providers entitled to when providing non-emergency services to plan policyholders?
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PART I: What level of reimbursement are non-participating (out-of-network) providers entitled to when providing non-emergency services to plan policyholders?
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Senate Bill 1046 – Penaties for insurers who do not provide adeqate health care benefits
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Long Term Disability: The Surprising Complexity of an Insurer’s Definition of Disability
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California Court of Appeal decides health insurers must provide all medically necessary mental health treatment for people with Severe Mental Illnesses
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Kantor & Kantor Associate Named 2014 “Rising Star” by Southern California Super Lawyers
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Difficult Long Term Disability Claims: Battling Bipolar Disorder
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Know the Signs! Is your long term disability insurer trying to terminate your benefits?
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Justice Delayed…and delayed…and delayed….but ultimately not denied!
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Federal District Court Overturns Unum’s Decision To Terminate Long Term Disability Benefits
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Is Chronic Lyme Disease More Debilitating Than Other Chronic Illnesses? New CDC Survey says Yes.
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Asking the Right Questions About Your Disability Coverage
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Claim Denied! … How To Deal With Surprising Insurance Denials
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Your Insurance Company Wants You to Give Up On Your Claim
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Communicating With Your Attending Physician
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Ambassador for the National Arthritis Foundation, Three Time Author, and Successful TV Personality Christine Schwab Explains Her Personal Journey with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Does My Long Term Disability Insurer Care About Me?
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What Does “Incontestability” Mean?
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Four Kantor & Kantor Attorneys Named California Super Lawyers for 2014
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Senior Planning Guest Blogger Explains Critical Things You Need To Know About Long-Term Care Insurance
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Ask the Lawyer: Long Term Disability Insurance Claim Questions
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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Long Term Disability
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What’s Wrong With the American Health-Care System?
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Things You Should Know About One of the Most Common Neurological Diseases – Parkinson’s
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The Right to an ERISA Long Term Disability Appeal
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Similar Symptoms, Different Diseases: Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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Kantor & Kantor Obtains the First California Victory Defeating Discretion in Insurance Policies Under Insurance Code, Section 10110.6
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Think You Can’t Afford To Work With A Disability Attorney? Think Again.
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60 Minutes and Its Unfair Attack on the Disabled
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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Speaks at a Southern California Reelection Fundraiser
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The Truth About Chemo Brain and Lasting Impairments
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Another Piece Found To The Fibromyalgia Puzzle
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ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE – BUYER BEWARE
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Long-Term Care Insurance is Not Just For The Elderly
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Long Term Disability Claims Overrun the Benefits Litigation World
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Are You Eligible For Low-Cost Health Insurance in the New Marketplace?
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LIFE INSURANCE CLAIM DENIED – ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE – BUYER BEWARE
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Disabled Americans Are Not “Gaming the Social Security System”
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The Truth About Long Term Disability Insurance Denials
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The important relationship between Social Security Disability Benefits and Group Long Term Disability Coverage
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California Bill Increases Privacy Protection for Patients
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Women in Pain: Members of the Pain Advocacy Community
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5 Reasons to Hire a Disability Insurance Attorney
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Long-Term Care Fact and Fiction: Misconceptions You Should Know About
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Kantor & Kantor, LLP – Attorneys Lisa Kantor and Corinne Chandler Named Top Women Attorneys in Southern California
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Have You Thought About Aging In Place? Trends in Long-Term Care
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New Research Suggests Biological Basis for Fibromyalgia
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New Fibromyalgia Blood Test Could Provide Strong Objective Evidence for Diagnosis
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Disability Statistics for 2012: Increased Coverage and Fewer Claims
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Affordable Care Act – What you Need to Know
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Some Expect Insurers to Compete Aggressively For New Customers
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What Happens During the Investigation Of My Disability Claim? Yes, they can interview your neighbor, follow your Facebook postings, and a lot more…
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Insurance Companies Questioning the Value of Discretionary Clauses — A public relations move or a genuine commitment to accurate claims handling?
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Check Out CreakyJoints: One of the Most Popular Rheumatoid Arthritis Communities in the World
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Survey Finds an Overwhelming Amount of Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers Stop Working Due to Illness
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Recent Long Term Care Insurance Denials
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Newly Identified Antibodies Could Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
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The Pitfalls of Handling Your Own ERISA Appeal
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The Impact of Sleep Disturbances on Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
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Cigna Cited and Fined for Improperly Handling Long Term Disability Claims
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Our First Guest Blog: Daniel Malito writes about struggles with getting his pain medication paid for
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Transparency in Insurer Claim Approval and Denial Rates – Claim Denials Seem to Lead to Greater Profit
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Congratulations to Kantor & Kantor’s Associate Brent Dorian Brehm for being named 2013 “Lawyers on the Fast Track” by the Recorder
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Your Insurance Company Pays Less Than You Think
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Kantor & Kantor proves that Unum unlawfully denied long term disability benefits to policyholder suffering from fibromyalgia
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Obtaining insurance coverage for human growth hormone treatment for Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS)
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Disability is Real: Correcting distorted perceptions around diagnosis, symptoms, and life with a disability
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Information Processing Impairments in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Kantor & Kantor Supports Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
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Kantor & Kantor Associate Named one of “Five Associates to Watch” by the Daily Journal
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Kantor & Kantor Recognizes the Challenges of Multiple Sclerosis: MS Awareness Month 2013
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Delays by the Insurance Company During an ERISA Appeal
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Alzheimer’s Cases Projected to Triple in Next Forty Years, With Care Costs Exceeding $1 Trillion
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Tips for Preparing for a Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits Appeal
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Mayo Clinic Finds Top Reasons for Doctor Visits: Chronic Conditions Affecting Both Genders and All Age Groups
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Four Kantor & Kantor, LLP Partners Named Super Lawyers for 2013
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Kantor & Kantor Supports Rare Disease Day 2013
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First Annual Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
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Attorney Alan E. Kassan Named Southern California Super Lawyer for 2013
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Attorneys Glenn Kantor and Alan Kassan Reveal Tips on How To Get Your LTC Insurance Claim Paid: San Fernando Valley MAPS Meeting
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Kantor & Kantor Eating Disorder Blog Named One of the Top 25 Eating Disorder Blogs Online of 2012
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An Insurance Denial is Not the Final Word, or…Why You Should Always Appeal an Insurance Benefit Denial
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Fibromyalgia Not Just A Woman’s Illness: New Study Finds that Rates May Be Higher Than Previously Thought For Men
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Nearly 10 million adult children are now caring for an aging parent….
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Kantor & Kantor Supports Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week
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Has Your Chronic Pain Changed You Cognitively and Emotionally? New Research May Have Discovered Why
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Chemo Brain is Real – How Chemotherapy for Cancer Affects the Brain
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Commencing an Arbitration Against Anthem Blue Cross
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PULLING THE PLUG ON YOUR COURT ORDERED MEDIATION: BALANCING YOUR OBLIGATION TO TAKE PART IN MEDIATION VERSUS PREVENTING YOUR MEDIATOR FROM HARMING YOUR CASE.
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Lisa Kantor and Corinne Chandler Named Super Lawyers Top Women Attorneys in Southern California for 2012
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Kantor & Kantor Supports Long-Term Care Awareness Month
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Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Puts Insurers on Notice to Follow Consumer-Protection Law
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Kantor & Kantor Supports International RSD/CRPS Awareness Month
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Glenn Kantor Interviewed on Parkinson’s Recovery Radio Show
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Support and education for those who suffer from chronic pain conditions
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A Long- Term Care Insurance Primer
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Insurers Continue to Try to Avoid Their Obligations Under Accidental Death Policies
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Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Bill Will Place Limits on Rate Increases
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AB369 Will Provide Relief for People with Lupus and Other Chronic, Painful Illnesses
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THINK BEFORE YOU POST — THE DANGER OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO YOUR POTENTIAL LITIGATION
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Financial Planners Have More to Learn About Serving People With Chronic Illness
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Why Was My Long Term Care Insurance Claim Denied? Five Common Reasons For Denials, And Tips For Avoiding Them
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Ridiculous to Claim Disability Insurance Is Substitute for Gainful Employment
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As Long Term Care Insurance Claims for Alzheimer’s Increase, So Will Denials of Benefits
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Daily Journal names Glenn Kantor to list of Top 75 Labor and Employment Attorneys
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Commissioner Dave Jones Appoints Advisor to Oversee Public Participation in Rate Hikes
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Long Term Disability (LTD) Benefits and Equitable Liens for Social Security, etc.
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“Objective Medical Evidence” and a “Sedentary Occupation”
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California Physicians Sue Aetna to Protect Policyholders’ Treatment Choices
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Affordable Health Care For All – The Supreme Court Speaks
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What Does”Medical Necessity” Mean to an Insurance Company – Here are Some Guidelines and Criteria
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Making Insurance Companies Such as Hartford Aware That Parkinson’s Disease Is Disabling
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Why Was The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), aka”Obamacare” Challenged?
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Social Security Death Master File – What Do MetLife, Prudential, and other insurance companies do with it?
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Raising Awareness About the Importance of Disability Insurance
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Long-Term Care Insurer Denies Benefits and Policyholder Awarded $34 Million
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Frustrated by the Long Term Care Insurance Claim Process?
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National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 2012: Exposing the Painful Stigma of Fibromyalgia
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Top 10 Things To Consider and Look For in Your ERISA Health Plan
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Amyvid – Drug to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Highlights Dilemma That Disease Still Has No Cure
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Aetna Refuses to Pay Long Term Disability Benefits to Client with Multiple Sclerosis.
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Long Term Care (LTC) Policyholders Are Devising Custom Care Arrangements, But Will LTC Insurers Join the Trend
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Finding Ways to Pay for Increasing Long-Term Care Premiums
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LINA (Cigna) Life Insurance Denial: The Discretionary Clause Strikes Again
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CBS News Comments on Policyholder’s Fight with Bankers Life for Long Term Care (LTC) Benefits
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Glenn Kantor and Corinne Chandler to Present National Business Institute Teleconference on Long Term Care Legal Issues
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Insurers Incorrectly Rely Upon ‘Magic Johnson Effect’ in Case Regarding AIDS Disability Benefits
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Life Insurance Company of North America Refuses to Pay Life Insurance Claim
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Attorneys Alan Kassan and Corinne Chandler are presenters at the 21st Annual Western Region Chapter of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers held at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas November 3-5
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Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law S.B. 621 – The”Discretionary Authority” Bill
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Lisa Kantor to Participate in Live Q&A About Insurance and Eating Disorders
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