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What Is Travel Medical Insurance?

Ads by Money. We may be compensated if you click this ad.Ad When you travel abroad, you expose yourself to the possibility of experiencing a medical emergency not covered under your standard health insurance policy. Travel medical insurance serves as a supplement to your existing coverage so that you can get emergency care services abroad if you become injured or ill. In this article, we explore what travel medical insurance is, what it covers, how much it costs and where to buy it. Read on to find out more. Ads by Money. We may be compensated if you click this…
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CLHIA: Dental care program could impact private coverage for employees

CLHIA: Dental care program could impact private coverage for employees | Insurance Business Canada Life & Health CLHIA: Dental care program could impact private coverage for employees Worry expressed that the program could lead to employers dropping coverage Life & Health By Mika Pangilinan As the government gears up to launch a national dental care program, the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) has warned that small businesses might not find it worthwhile to provide dental benefits to some employees. With the Liberals set to spend $13 billion over the next five years to provide uninsured low- and middle-income…
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What is Probate?

Probate is a court process that your estate will go through after you pass away. The probate court will distribute your estate and make decisions regarding your estate. We can help you stay on top of the latest news that affects your everyday life. Subscribe to stay up to date. (To subscribe to our blog click here). Many of our clients come to us without an understanding of probate or having had a bad experience with the probate court and wanting to keep their estate out of probate. If you die without a written estate plan, your estate must go…
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Legal and Financial Planning for People with Dementia

Español Many people are unprepared to deal with the legal and financial consequences of a serious illness such as Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. Legal and medical experts encourage people recently diagnosed with a serious illness — particularly one that is expected to cause declining mental and physical health — to examine and update their financial and health care arrangements as soon as possible. Basic legal and financial documents, such as a will, a living trust, and advance directives, are available to ensure that the person’s late-stage or end-of-life health care and financial decisions are carried out. A complication…
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Many kids missed dental care during the pandemic. Luckily, these dentists visit schools for free

Hygienist Katie Wheeler cleans Sarahi Dominguez Rodriguez’s teeth during a Tri-County Dental mobile clinic, part of the Robert Glass Focus on the Children program, on March 21, 2023, at Appleton Bilingual School in Appleton, Wis. When the Odle family had a career change, all five of their kids lost dental insurance. “Unfortunately, our dental insurance changed, so we didn’t have any for the kids, which was terrifying because we had to,” said their mother, Judy. “It’s so important.” The Odles were able to start getting care from Tri-County Dental, a volunteer-driven dental clinic serving people in Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago…
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Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan lost his health insurance after filming Everything Everywhere All at Once — here are 3 ways to manage unexpected medical costs

‘How absurd’: Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan lost his health insurance after filming Everything Everywhere All at Once — here are 3 ways to manage unexpected medical costs Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan may be living up to the title of his smash-hit film Everything Everywhere All at Once, soaking up the success of the critically acclaimed sci-fi adventure flick — but his path to award-winning stardom was far from straightforward . The former child star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies fame recently appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden, where he…
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Ending pandemic prenatal health coverage for uninsured people is both costly and dangerous

On March 31, 2023 the Ford government in Ontario ended the expanded health-care funding it put in place when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. This funding allowed everyone in Ontario to access essential health care. For the hundreds of thousands of people living in the province without health insurance, this meant access to necessary surgeries, emergency care and labor and delivery services without thousands of dollars in hospital and physician bills. As a midwife who has worked in Toronto for over 20 years, largely with uninsured populations, and an associate professor who has focused my research and activism…
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Singapore hikes claim limit for migrant workers’ medical insurance

Meanwhile, starting July 2025, other enhancements will be applied to the minimum medical insurance provided to migrant workers, including: Standardization of allowable exclusion clauses. This will provide employers and employees with greater clarity on their coverage and available claims for them. Introduction of age-differentiated premiums for those aged 50 and below, and those aged above 50. Insurers need to have differentiated premiums for workers below 50 and those above 50. Requirement for insurers to reimburse hospitals directly upon the admissibility of the claim. With this change, employers will no longer have to pay for their workers’ hospital…