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A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and scary. Find a partner that so you can focus on your recovery journey.

Financial Support To Focus on the Fight

While it’s difficult to be emotionally prepared for the ups and downs experienced during a cancer diagnosis, you can be financially prepared for the costs of treatment. Cancer insurance provides you with funds that can be used flexibly, including to help cover both medical and nonmedical expenses that occur during your journey to recovery.

These funds can be used to pay for household expenses that may be more difficult to manage while you’re sick. MetLife hopes that this extra financial support allows you to focus more fully on yourself and your health.

Cancer insurance from your employer may offer:

Lump-sum payments you can use as you wish
An annual health screening benefit (see your certificate for details)¹
Paid benefits for initial diagnosis and if cancer returns²
Guaranteed acceptance provided you are actively employed when you apply³
Easy claims processing and convenient payroll deduction
Portable coverage should you leave your current employer⁴

For complete plan details, talk to your company’s benefits administrator.

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FAQs

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Yes, you can use your payment as you see fit. Use it to help cover your household bills, medical insurance deductibles, copayments, and more.

Payments will be paid directly to you, not to the doctors, hospitals, or other healthcare providers. You will receive a check, payable to you, for maximum convenience.

Cancer can affect anyone — and treatment can be costly. Even quality medical plans can leave you with extra expenses to pay. Costs like plan deductibles, copays for doctor visits, and extra costs for out-of-network care can add up fast. Having the financial support you may need when the time comes means less worry for you and your family.

Yes. If your employer offers cancer insurance, your acceptance is guaranteed, regardless of your health. You just need to be actively employed for your coverage to be effective. There are no medical exams to take and no health questions to answer.

No. Your cancer insurance will be effective on the date of your coverage as long as you are actively employed. There are no waiting periods to satisfy.

NEXT STEPS

Contact your employer for more information.

¹ The Health Screening Benefit is not available in all states. See your certificate for any applicable waiting periods. There is a separate mammogram benefit for MT residents and for cases sitused in CA and MT. Please review your Disclosure Statement or Outline of Coverage/Disclosure Document for specific state variations and exclusions around this benefit.

² Please review the Disclosure Document or Outline of Coverage/Disclosure Document for information on which Covered Condition may be eligible for a Recurrence Benefit. There may be a Benefit Suspension Period between recurrences of the same Covered Condition, as well as occurrences of different Covered Conditions. There may be a limitation on the number of Recurrence Benefits payable per Covered Condition. We will not pay a benefit for a Covered Condition that is subject to a Benefit Suspension Period. If a Recurrence Benefit is payable for a Cancer Covered Condition, we will not pay such benefit unless the Covered Person has not had symptoms of or been treated for the same cancer for which we paid a benefit during the Treatment Free Period.

³ Coverage is guaranteed provided (1) the employee is actively at work and (2) dependents are not subject to medical restrictions set forth on the enrollment form and in the Certificate. Some states require the insured to have medical coverage. Additional restrictions apply to dependents serving in the armed forces or living overseas. For CA sitused cases, coverage is guaranteed provided (1) the employee is performing all of the usual and customary duties of the employee's job at the employer's place of business or at an alternate place approved by the employer (2) dependents are not subject to medical restrictions as set forth on the enrollment form and in the Certificate.

⁴ Eligibility for portability through the Continuation of Insurance with Premium Payment provision may be subject to certain eligibility requirements and limitations. For more information, contact your MetLife representative.

The MetLife Cancer Insurance plan is based on the MetLife Critical Illness Insurance (CII) policy. MetLife Cancer Insurance includes only the Cancer Covered Conditions.

METLIFE CRITICAL ILLNESS INSURANCE (CII) IS A LIMITED BENEFIT GROUP INSURANCE POLICY. Like most group accident and health insurance policies, MetLife's CII policies contain certain exclusions, limitations and terms for keeping them in force. Product features and availability vary by state. There may be a preexisting condition exclusion. There may be a Benefit Reduction Due to Age provision. There may be a Benefit Suspension Period between recurrences of the same Covered Condition or occurrences of different Covered Conditions. MetLife offers CII on both an Attained Age basis, where rates will increase when a Covered Person reaches a new age band, and an Issue Age basis, where rates will not increase due to age. Rates are subject to change. MetLife reserves the right to raise premium rates for Issue Age CII on a class-wide basis. A more detailed description of the benefits, limitations, and exclusions applicable to both MetLife’s CII product can be found in the applicable Disclosure Statement or Outline of Coverage/Disclosure Document available at time of enrollment. For complete details of coverage and availability, please refer to the group policy form GPNP07-CI, GPNP09-CI, GPNP10-CI, GPNP14- CI, GPNP19-CI or contact MetLife for more information. Please contact MetLife for more information. Benefits are underwritten by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, New York.

MetLife's Critical Illness Insurance is not intended to be a substitute for Medical Coverage providing benefits for medical treatment, including hospital, surgical and medical expenses. MetLife's Critical Illness Insurance does not provide reimbursement for such expenses.

Cancer Insurance

Financial Support To Focus on the Fight