But, surprisingly, a terminal diagnosis does not mean cover is out of the question.
An impairment or diagnosis does not necessarily constitute a disability; it must substantially limit these activities.
With the development of effective antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the 90s, an HIV diagnosis does not have to be a death sentence anymore.
But a new study released yesterday in the journal Cancer found that becoming pregnant after a diagnosis does not raise the risk of dying.
The diagnosis does not take into account the frequency or severity of symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, or reduced exercise tolerance.
"There is cause to celebrate that a cancer diagnosis does not necessarily mean the death sentence it used to," said Juliet Bouverie, director of services at Macmillan.
If a person does not meet precise criteria, then the diagnosis does not apply and treatment is not covered, so the stakes are high.
In many cases, she said, patients legitimately believe they need emergency care, but the final diagnosis does not bear that out.
A doctor who cared for Britten in his final illness went public to say that the biographer's diagnosis "does not fit with everything else … there is no serological, bacteriological, pathological or histological support for the diagnosis".
Krug U, Berdel WE, Gale RP, Haferlach C, Schnittger S, Muller-Tidow C, et al. Increasing intensity of therapies assigned at diagnosis does not improve survival of adults with acute myeloid leukemia.
Resynchronization with GnRH given on Day 21 after AI for initiation of a timed AI protocol prior to pregnancy diagnosis does not affect pregnancy rate and pregnancy loss in lactating dairy cows.
