Putting off investing in life insurance can trigger a financial catastrophe for the survivors of a family’s breadwinner or its primary caregiver. The odds are they’ll be hard-pressed trying to continue rent or mortgage payments, cover child-care and eldercare costs, or fund college savings plans.
Consumers should consider life insurance to provide financial security for loved ones (The Journal News)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
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Esther Dyson: Release 0.9: Health2.1 — Afterthoughts on the Wonderful Health 2.0 Conference (HuffingtonPost)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
Companies are empowering consumers (or patients) giving them the tools to talk to one another, to question their doctors, to monitor their own conditions.
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Esther Dyson: Release 0.9: Health2.1 - Afterthoughts on the wonderful Health 2.0 conference (HuffingtonPost)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
Last week I participated in Matthew Holt’s and Indu Subaiya’s Health 2.0 conference, which attracted more than twice the number of people they had anticipated (about 500) and left many more turned away. So, clearly, something’s in the air. People…
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Acronym you need to know: HRA (The Charlotte Observer)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
Workers will find moderately higher premiums this fall when they sign up for 2008 health care coverage through their employers. Some employers will offset cost increases by reimbursing workers a portion of their deductible in what are called health reimbursement accounts. And employees at smaller firms might be offered health savings accounts for the first time. Here’s a preview of the upcoming …
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DOC’S ‘CHAT’ SCAN (New York Post)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
They call him “Dr. IM” - and he’s something of a hipster health-care star, ministering to the young and uninsured via instant message, e-mail and cellphone, and all for a $500 annual fee. Dr. Jay Parkinson, 31, a general practitioner with a…
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How much is enough life insurance? (The Courier News)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
Millions of Americans have no life insurance or are seriously underinsured, and that could translate to big financial problems for their loved ones if they die unexpectedly.
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No life insurance is risky (Asbury Park Press)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS have no life insurance or are seriously underinsured and that could translate to big financial problems for their loved ones if they die unexpectedly.
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Skimping on life insurance has risks (Everett Herald)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
Group warns that skipping coverage or buying a smaller policy can leave families in need when the primary breadwinner dies.
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No life insurance can mean hardship for deceased’s kin (Arizona Daily Star)
September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
Millions of Americans have no life insurance or are seriously underinsured, and that could translate to big financial problems for their loved ones if they die unexpectedly.
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