Comprehensive travel insurance policies package together a number of valuable benefits. You can also buy policies that cover only trip cancellations or only medical expenses. With the wide variety of travel insurance plans available, you can find coverage levels that will fit your budget and trip needs.
Look for these top coverage options in a comprehensive travel insurance plan.
Trip cancellation insurance
You don’t book a trip with the intention of canceling it, but unexpected illness, injury, family member sickness, jury duty and more could disrupt plans. Trip cancellation insurance reimburses you 100% for the money you lost in prepaid,…
When you’re ready to purchase hearing aids, you don’t want to waste time finding out if you qualify for monetary assistance. Based on the way most people are provided with financial support, we have put together a prioritized list below to help uncover your options.
Does health insurance cover hearing aids?
Hearing aids are generally not covered by medical insurance, although insurers sometimes offer optional hearing/vision/dental plans that may include coverage for hearing tests and hearing aid fittings.
Other options for paying for your hearing aids may include financing offered by your hearing care professional, credit from a third party…
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For many, having a child is a milestone and an exciting time for expectant parents. However, the delivery in and of itself — especially at a hospital — can be extremely expensive and can potentially derail future financial goals.
To avoid being caught off-guard due to a hefty medical bill, here are all of the costs involved with giving birth, the average cost of delivering a child in the US and what you can do to financially prepare.
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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a new Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy to be used by US Attorney Offices throughout the country.
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The new policy helps to encourage early and voluntary self-disclosure of corporate criminal misconduct. It reinforces the importance of having an effective compliance plan that identifies misconduct.
To be a voluntary self-disclosure, the disclosure must be voluntary, timely and must contain all relevant facts of misconduct.
If the disclosure is…
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Have you noticed how weight loss apps are taking over the virtual training world? It seems crazy to trade your gym membership and personal trainer for a simple app, right?
But is it, though?
Virtual training is not only just as effective as in-person training, but with a weight loss app, you get a fully comprehensive health & wellness program all in one place. Train with kickoff, and I personally will show you why this weight loss app and my own personal training program as a Coach…
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A recent series of three papers authored by Caitlin Lombardi demonstrates the effects of publicly funded…
There is no shortage of proposals for health insurance reform, and they all miss the point. They invariably focus on the nearly 30 million Americans who lack insurance at any given time. But the coverage for the many more Americans who are fortunate enough to have insurance is deeply flawed.
Health insurance is supposed to provide financial protection against the medical costs of poor health. Yet many insured people still face the risk of enormous medical bills for their “covered” care. A team of researchers estimated that as of mid-2020, collections agencies held $140 billion in unpaid medical bills, reflecting…
Paying cash to descendants of enslaved people is just the beginning of the California Reparations Task Force’s ambitious progressive vision.
Embedded in the panel’s 1,100-page report is a veritable leftist to-do list that includes: universal health insurance for Black residents, a guaranteed basic income, free college tuition, “forgivable” interest-free loans to small businesses and erasing interest debt on unpaid child support.
That’s not all. The report now before the state Legislature also recommends ending policing of nuisance violations such as public urination, allowing Black LGBTQ youth to receive confidential “mental health care” without parental permission, and adopting “rent caps” in…