Your Guide to Critical Illness Insurance

Critical illness insurance provides coverage over and beyond what your health insurance policy covers. Do you need it?

Critical illnesses can strike anyone, at any time. Critical illness insurance helps you deal with the unexpected costs of these health problems. According to estimates by the American Heart Association, this year alone 600,000 Americans will experience their first stroke, 785,000 Americans will have a heart attack for the first time and about 1.4 million will be diagnosed with cancer. Continue reading “Your Guide to Critical Illness Insurance”

Critical Illness Insurance: Filling the Benefits Gap

As medical technologies and treatments improve, more people are surviving once-fatal forms of cancer, heart disease and other conditions. Many employers have responded to rising costs by increasing their employees’ share of costs. This can leave many employees with staggering healthcare expenses—even if they have medical benefits. Continue reading “Critical Illness Insurance: Filling the Benefits Gap”

How Voluntary Benefits Can Help Employers Mitigate the “Cadillac Tax”

The Affordable Care Act will impose a 40 percent non-deductible excise tax on so-called Cadillac health plans starting in 2018. You might be surprised to learn the Cadillac tax could affect your organization’s plan.
Section 9001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposes a non-deductible excise tax on high-cost plans, Continue reading “How Voluntary Benefits Can Help Employers Mitigate the “Cadillac Tax””

How You Can Fill the Benefits Gap

In the past ten years, employers have faced skyrocketing costs for their employee health plans. If you have employer-sponsored health coverage, your share of costs has probably risen as a result. Continue reading “How You Can Fill the Benefits Gap”