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July 16, 2019

In Current Actions, Health Insurance, Take Action!

Please Tell Us Your Prescription Drug Story!

Ever had problems getting your insurance company to pay for your prescription medicines? Or ever had problems paying for your prescriptions? We’ve heard enough anecdotal stories to know that insurance coverage and the cost of prescription drugs can be a real problem. Help us help...

May 15, 2018

In Disability and Health Insurance

By Hypersomnia Foundation

Have Workplace Questions? Check Out JAN!

The workplace can be very challenging to navigate when living with idiopathic hypersomnia. Questions, concerns, and issues often arise in regards to your symptoms. What can the employee with IH do when these matters arise? The Job Accommodations Network (JAN) is one of a number of...

April 17, 2018

In Flumazenil, Health Insurance, Treatments

By Hypersomnia Foundation

FAQs about Flumazenil Access

The Hypersomnia Foundation frequently receives questions about the use of flumazenil in treating IH and related disorders, especially here in the U.S. Most of the emails we receive ask how and where to find this medication. In response, we have researched flumazenil access and compiled...

March 20, 2018

In Disability and Health Insurance, Social Security Disability

By Hypersomnia Foundation

The Little Known SSA Disability Benefit for Disabled Adult Children (DAC)

Authored by Anjel Burgess, Esq. As the baby boomers enter retirement, some are discovering that all of their hard work has not only entitled them to retirement benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA), but has also entitled their disabled adult child(ren) to their own disability...

December 19, 2017

In Health Insurance, News

By Hypersomnia Foundation

Almost 26 or Older? Extended Health Insurance Coverage May Be Available

If you or your young adult is 25 years old, then decisions will need to be made before the age of 26 about securing health insurance. Some insurance plans allow the parent(s) of young adults with a disability (e.g., the diagnosis of IH) to request...

February 13, 2017

In Disability and Health Insurance

By Hypersomnia Foundation

A Service Dog Can Do That?

Service Dogs – Different Types and What They Do Many people are surprised to learn there are more than a dozen different specializations for service dogs. There are diabetic alert dogs, severe allergy alert dogs, visual assistance dogs, hearing dogs for the deaf, wheelchair assistance dogs,...

August 15, 2016

In Disability and Health Insurance

By Hypersomnia Foundation

Service and Therapy Animals – Part 1: Getting Started

We begin this two-part series with a basic overview of the different types of service, emotional support and therapy animals. So, you're thinking about getting, or someone has recommended that you get, a service dog, therapy animal, or emotional support animal (ESA). Or perhaps you have reached...

June 28, 2016

In Social Security Disability

By Hypersomnia Foundation

Sleep Disorders and Social Security Disability – What You Need to Know

Social Security Disability Series: Part 2 By Anjel Burgess, JD For Part 1 in this series, click HERE. Jennie has been fortunate enough to secure her short-term disability benefits. She has also hired an Attorney to assist her with the Social Security Disability application process. Although her family...

May 25, 2016

In Social Security Disability

By Hypersomnia Foundation

Sleep Disorders and Your Job – What to Do When the Writing’s on the Wall

Social Security Disability Series: Part 1 By Anjel Burgess, JD For Part 2 in this series, click HERE. Jennie is a 40-year-old single mother of two children who has been working for 10 years as a data entry clerk. Jennie was diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia one year ago...

January 26, 2016

In Current Actions, Health Insurance, Take Action!, Treatments

By Hypersomnia Foundation

The Cost of Prescription Medications Has Risen by More Than 20% in the Past Year

Does the ever-spiraling cost of prescription drugs get you down? Do you sometimes have to choose between filling the prescriptions to treat your hypersomnia and paying your other bills? Or maybe you’re taking less than the full dose of your meds to try to stretch...

Disability and Health Insurance

Please Tell Us Your Prescription Drug Story!

Have Workplace Questions? Check Out JAN!

FAQs about Flumazenil Access

The Little Known SSA Disability Benefit for Disabled Adult Children (DAC)

Almost 26 or Older? Extended Health Insurance Coverage May Be Available

A Service Dog Can Do That?

Service and Therapy Animals – Part 1: Getting Started

Sleep Disorders and Your Job – What to Do When the Writing’s on the Wall

The Cost of Prescription Medications Has Risen by More Than 20% in the Past Year

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