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SomnusNooze topics: Disability and health insurance
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... read >
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... read >
FAQs About Flumazenil Access
The Hypersomnia Foundation frequently receives questions about the use of flumazenil in treating idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) and related disorders. Most of the emails we receive ask how and where to find this medication. In response, we have researched... read >
The Little Known SSA Disability Benefit for Disabled Adult Children (DAC)
For updated content, visit our web page “Financial considerations for dependent adult children with sleep disorders” Authored by Anjel Burgess, Esq. As the baby boomers enter retirement, some are discovering that all of their hard work has... read >
Almost 26 or Older? Extended Health Insurance Coverage May Be Available
For updated content, visit our web page "Financial considerations for dependent adult children with sleep disorders" 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... read >
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... read >
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... read >
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. For Ms. Burgess' presentation at our 2018 conference, click HERE. Jennie has been fortunate enough to secure her short-term disability benefits. She... read >
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. For Ms. Burgess' presentation at our 2018 conference, click HERE. Jennie is a 40-year-old single mother of two children who has been working for 10... read >
The Cost of Prescription Medications Has Risen by More Than 20% in the Past Year
See our Disability and Insurance web page for updated content—to learn more about finding insurance and filing claims successfully in order to access the treatments you need at an affordable price or set up a disability income stream if you can no... read >