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”
And you thought dropping your cell phone in a puddle was bad. Recently, a friend’s daughter accidentally dropped her brand-new iPhone in a porta-potty at a high school football game. To make matters worse, this was the second time she’d lost or damaged a phone in only a few months. Continue reading “Should I Get Mobile Phone Insurance?”
Almost a third of cancer patients have healthcare costs totaling 10 percent or more of their family income, and roughly one in nine have costs that exceed 20 percent of family income. As a result, 11 percent Continue reading “Critical Illness Insurance Fills a Benefits Gap”