Syndicated Financial Columnist, Host of the weekly talk show Steve Savant's Money, the Name of the Game, Scottsdale Arizona
Video Transcript: Can I get life insurance if I have cancer? Well, it depends upon a lot of questions. The type of cancer diagnosed, the date first diagnosis occurred. I need to know was it treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy. I'll also need to know, enlist the stage of the cancer, as well as the grade of the cancer.
I need to know also, has it spread to other parts of the body, because that's going to be issue for us to be able to underwrite. And then the last one is has there been proper follow ups to your cancer? Which is CT scans, X-rays, bone scans, laboratory work. I need to know those kinds of things to accumulate enough information to give you the proper offer. Remember, certain carriers are more benevolent in certain types of cancers than others.
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I need to know also, has it spread to other parts of the body, because that's going to be issue for us to be able to underwrite. And then the last one is has there been proper follow ups to your cancer? Which is CT scans, X-rays, bone scans, laboratory work. I need to know those kinds of things to accumulate enough information to give you the proper offer. Remember, certain carriers are more benevolent in certain types of cancers than others.