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The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Tim Beyers	Foolish Advice on Life Insurance Life insurance seems simple. And it should be. But more and more agents are selling complex, commission-boosting products that do little for consumers. Be cautious and buy only the minimum.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Don't Quit Your Health Insurance Quitting a job can elevate you to new heights in your career. To keep from paying the price, however, you need to make sure you bring your health insurance with you.
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The Motley Fool February 11, 2009 Dayana Yochim	Don't Let a Disability Turn Into a Financial Disaster A short-term disability that turns into a long-term one can seriously sideline your finances. Supplemental coverage can save your savings from a big hit.
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Peter Coy	Scared To Death Of Life Insurance Choosing the amount of coverage is hard. The trick is to think like an economist.
Managed Care September 2000	Any way you cut it, employers appear to save if Medicare adopts drug benefit A new analysis suggests that a prescription drug benefit in Medicare would reduce employer expense for health coverage--which, in turn, could encourage more employers to offer some form of drug coverage and thus reverse this erosion...
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Registered Rep. November 29, 2012 Kevin McKinley	Getting Out of Health Care Limbo Many clients and prospects have already retired but are not yet eligible for Medicare. Here are their options for getting out of health care limbo.
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Financial Advisor July 2008 Allen Hamm	A Better Option The long-term care insurance industry is up to a new trick: Marketing LTC insurance through groups.
AskMen.com Nick Kennedy	The Health Care Debate: The Basics The real debate that's sucking the air out of the country and turning cozy town hall meetings into WWE smackdowns is the issue of health care reform.
Managed Care July 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Efforts To Cover the Uninsured An Opportunity for Health Plans Employers and state governments are getting together to design imaginative insurance programs to cover low-pay workers.
Entrepreneur September 2005 Jacquelyn Lynn	Thinking Ahead As Americans age, long-term care insurance may prove one of the most important insurance products on the market, and this coverage can offer advantages to both employers and employee
Job Journal July 24, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Ailing Healthcare Coverage As healthcare costs increase, a survey by Yankelovich finds more workers rate healthcare coverage as their preferred employee benefit.
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Managed Care October 2001 Michael J. Friedman	Prescription Contraceptives: Benefit Whose Time Has Come? Health plans and employers are paying increasing attention to recent administrative and judicial developments relative to contraception coverage. Whether self-funded or insured, plans that offer prescription drug benefits may no longer be able to exclude prescription contraceptives...
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Investment Advisor September 2010 Marlene Y. Satter	Insurance Update: Is It Really a CLASS Act? How the new government long-term care insurance program may affect your clients.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Play It Safe With Your Health Census Bureau figures indicate 47 million Americans do not have health insurance. High deductible insurance is one solution that may help these individuals to avoid a potential financial disaster.
Managed Care June 2004	Headlines On Deadline ... About 50 of the largest U.S. employers plan to form a health insurance pool... Managed Medicare plans will receive at least a 6.6 percent increase in payment rates in 2005... The biotechnology industry...
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Managed Care January 2007 John Carroll	Erosion of Employer-Sponsored Health Care: Bad for Everyone More companies are offering less coverage - or none at all. Even those that offer coverage find that more of their workers choose not to sign up.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Tim Beyers	Foolish Advice on Disability Insurance The odds that you'll be out of work for an extended period are greater than you think.
Managed Care August 2004	State Mandates Promote Contraceptive Coverage A study shows that employer-based health plans are much more likely to cover contraception than they were 10 years ago and that state laws mandating coverage have played a role in that growth.
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Are Your Clients Covered? Today's healthcare system demands vigilance from consumers and planners alike. Some financial planners are taking on the complex, expensive market for individual health insurance. And they're finding solutions.
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Inc. September 2003 Alison Stein Wellner	A Small Price to Pay Long-term care coverage makes growing old a little bit easier.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2007 Brian Lawler	This Stupid Mistake Cost Me More Than $20,000 Going without health-care coverage can spell disaster for your finances. Even if you only intend to be without insurance for a few months, weeks, or days, it could end up costing you a lifetime of financial pain.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2009 Brian Orelli	Health-Care Reform: You Can't Have It Both Ways Requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions needs to go hand-in-hand with requiring healthy people to purchase insurance.
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AskMen.com September 30, 2013 Nick Kennedy	Obamacare: Whatever Happens, Know Your Options Let's be frank: The best piece of financial advice for a young person is to milk Mom and Dad for as long as possible.
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Managed Care May 2002	Small employers plan to shift increased costs to workers Small companies -- those with 3 to 24 employees -- are bracing for continuing health care cost increases, and indicate that they may have to shift more of that expense to workers
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Managed Care February 2007 John Carroll	Push To Reform System Makes Strange Bedfellows Nearly everybody's calling on the government to make health care coverage affordable and universal.