Services to Reduce Cancer Suffering for New Mexico's Families
Services to Reduce Cancer Suffering for New Mexico's Families
Legal, Insurance, and Paperwork Assistance
"The LIPA program helped alleviate our worries associated with important matters that affected our personal well-being, and I felt was a tremendous burden taken alone, had I not made the call to LIPA."
Many cancer patients and their loved ones are overwhelmed by the complex legal and insurance issues associated with the treatment and survival process. They also need better tools for managing the huge volume of medical and insurance paperwork associated with a cancer diagnosis.
Cancer Services of New Mexico’s free Legal, Insurance, & Paperwork Assistance (LIPA) Program is the only program in New Mexico providing comprehensive assistance with cancer-related legal, insurance, and paperwork issues, and is one of few programs in the U.S. focused on these issues. Services are available at no charge to any New Mexican coping with cancer who needs assistance.
Volunteers with expertise in insurance, medical coverage, disability, legal, financial, and paperwork issues are available for personal consultations in-person or by phone.
Our LIPA website (www.nmcancerhelp.org) provides links to a wealth of resources to assist with legal, insurance, and financial issues, along with other resources for cancer patients and their loved ones.
A free 13-pocket organizing tool, designed by a New Mexican cancer survivor, will help to organize all cancer-related paperwork.
We provide referrals to a variety of other groups that assist cancer patients and their loved ones with LIPA-related issues.