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Ensure quality care for life |
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Advances in medicine are helping Canadians to live longer. But as the population ages and health costs soar, we are paying for more medical expenses out of our own pockets. This trend will continue as private facilities such as MRI clinics become more common. An acute or chronic illness can affect your ability to earn income and can incure major expenses for treatment, rehabilitiation, and ongoing care. If you or your spouse should become ill, this could also place a heavy burden on teh healthy spouse in terms of caregiving, child care, and housekeeping respoinsibilities. To meet your family's health protection needs at different stages of life, you may need disability, critical care, and long-term care insurance.
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Start the new year on solid financial footing |
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Thought about new year's resolutions yet? Here are seven aimed at getting, and keeping, your financial affairs in order. 1. Check your estate plan. You need a will, power of attorney, and living will, as discussed in "An effective estate plan starts with these 4 key steps". Many people know that, but tend to procrastinate. 2. Make sure you're financially protected from injury and illness. Disability insurance is vital, but people often overlook it. Also look into critical illness and/or long-term care insurance. 3. Review your home and automobile insurance - especially if it has been on auto-pilot. Are you sufficiently covered? Can you boost deductibles to save money? |
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