Over the course of many years, smokers will be at a higher risk for diseases like emphysema. However, there are other side effects of smoking to consider – such as higher life insurance premiums.
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People living with a terminal illness are often faced with very tough financial decisions, and selling their life insurance policy for a viatical settlement can help ease some financial worry. It was originally intended for AIDS patients to have early access to their life insurance policies, but has expanded to include other conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and any other life-threatening illness.
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One important and simple strategy for holding down the cost of one’s life insurance premiums and to live a long and healthy life is to avoid certain habits and activities that can greatly increase the risk of cancer.
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People who invest in life insurance are taking important steps to protect their families financially in the long term. However, some people may not be informed about how they can prevent having those policies cashed in too soon.
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Insurance experts typically advise people to protect their families with coverage equal to between five and seven years of their annual income – and potentially more if there are young children or older dependents to care for.
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Qualifying for life insurance after cervical cancer may not be easy, but it is doable if you strategically plan out your application and work with a qualified professional.
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Families To Pay Price If Maternity Care Coverage Is Cut By GOP Christie Popp, who is pregnant with her third child, is hoping hard that the maternity coverage she has through the Affordable Care Act doesn’t go away. That coverage is written into the health law as a requirement for every plan sold on the individual market. But that could change if Republicans get their way to repeal the ACA and remake health care. Popp…
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You’ve likely read about the horror story that is the Flint Water Crisis, so what sort of contaminants might be in your drinking water? Now the Environmental Working Group is offering a tool to help you find out with their Tap Water Database. If you live in the U.S., you can simply enter your zip code – or the name of the local utility – to find out the content of your tap water. EWG is an…
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Much has been written lately about how individuals’ health could suffer if they become uninsured under the health insurance proposals circulating in the U.S. House and Senate. But there is another consequence: creating millions more people without insurance could also adversely affect the health of people who remain insured. “We know that communities with higher rates of uninsurance have worse access to care for those with Medicare or private insurance,” said John Ayanian, director of…
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Air Force veteran Billy Ramos, from Simi Valley, Calif., is 53 and gets health insurance for himself and for his family from Medicaid — the government insurance program for low-income people. He says he counts on the coverage, especially because of his physically demanding work as a self-employed contractor in the heating and air conditioning business. “If I were to get hurt on the job or something, I’d have to run to the doctor’s, and if I…
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Selling one’s life insurance policy for a life settlement is a good
Recently, the CDC announced that accident was now the #1 leading
