If you are confronting a life-threatening condition and facing challenges to your fincances, work, and future, you no longer need to struggle alone. In "Be Prepared," attorney David Landay, a leading authority with moer than thiry years' experience in this field, assembles and explains the most up-to-date financial, legal, and practical information. He will help you focus on the questions to ask, how to find the information you need, and where to loacte the resources to assist you. Topics covered include: How to obtain access to the best medical careSurprising ways to pay bills with existing assetsWork issues, disability, and going back to workLegal issues such as estate planning and the Americans with Disabilities ActSocial Security, Medicare, and MedicaidNew Investment strategiesHow to maximize your nicome and manage your expenses and debts By showing you, in simple steps, how to understand, organize, and manage your affairs, Landay provides you with the practical know-how and emotional confidence to face the future without fear. "Be Prepared" is the ideal book to help you make the best of some of life's most difficult situations.