The Problem With Classifying Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

In an earlier post, we discussed how Hodgkin’s lymphoma could impact your life insurance premium. What we did not cover is how non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma affects the way underwriter’s assess your risk. This is because underwriters treat non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas a bit differently. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas are cancers that occur in the lymphoid tissues. Classifying these types of…

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Getting Life Insurance After Leukemia Diagnosis

Every three minutes, one person in the United States is diagnosed with blood cancer. According to the leukemia and lymphoma society, leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma are expected to account for approximately 10.2% of the 1,685,210 estimated new cancer diagnoses in 2016. Currently, roughly 1,237,824 individuals in the United States are either in remission from or…

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