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To make informed decisions about health and dental insurance, you need to start by getting the facts. Reading our collection of articles about health and dental insurance in Canada will help you save time and money as you discover more about how insurance works, and how the choices you make now will affect you in the future.

On The Move To Work Remotely? Pack Some Health Insurance

Sometimes we become all too aware of how impossible it is to switch off technology and life can feel unbalanced. The reverse of this ‘connected’ life experience is that technology at the [+]

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What Is The Most Valuable Component of Your Health Insurance?

It’s hard to think about health insurance without talking about COVID-19.  Sometimes it seems hard to think about anything without considering the effects of the pandemic game-changer.  It has sped up changes [+]

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How To Transform Employee Health Benefits

Costs remain a big concern in employee benefit plan design. Is your our organization torn between offering an innovative health benefit plan and affordability? It is a struggle to offer a generous [+]

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COVID-19 — Travel Insurance Safety Is Vital To Your Safety

During the pandemic, the Government of Canada continues to advise against non-essential international travel. Some Canadians intend to travel outside Canada despite the travel advisories or for essential reasons. Here are some [+]

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Which Prescription Drugs are Covered by Health Insurance Plans?

When it comes to threats to our health, many diseases are communicable, while others can be spontaneous, environmental, or genetic. Some ailments can be cured with rest and minimal intervention, but others [+]

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Stressed Employees? Make Sure You Offer Health Insurance.

Have you seen the clues? Take a look at how your employees are performing at work. Are they really focused on their job? Do they seem anxious? As a business owner, you [+]

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Manulife Makes Virtual Medical Consultations Free and Easy with Akira

Consumer confidence and the use of virtual healthcare is skyrocketing, and many Canadians are coming to prefer virtual services whenever possible. Virtual care has moved from progressive to mainstream because of the [+]

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The DIY Dental Check Up

Have you ever wondered if there is something more you can do between dental visits to take better care of your oral health, so you can postpone a visit to the dentist? [+]

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Why does my health plan only cover the cost of generic drugs?

Prescription Drugs Are Covered Health insurance plans cover many prescription drugs. To be eligible for coverage, a prescription drug must be prescribed by a physician, dentist or psychiatrist be medically necessary be [+]

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What Travel Documents Do You Need?

If something happens, you’ll want to call your travel assistance services hotline. While you can certainly carry just the hotline phone number and policy number (usually on your handy wallet card) you [+]

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Should I Offer Employees Health Insurance?

As a refresher, the theory claims that self-actualization, or complete satisfaction, cannot be achieved without first fulfilling a series of human needs: After the first four levels are satisfied, a person can [+]

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How To Coordinate Your Personal and Group Health Benefit Claims

Step 1: Determine if You Have Group Health Insurance Benefits An insurance policy that provides coverage for many people under one contract is called “group insurance.” The group is typically made up [+]

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Make health insurance a priority this year!

Especially throughout the holiday season and until early in the New Year, shopping, visiting family and friends, preparing for company, and meeting work deadlines can all rank higher up on the to-do [+]

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Why choose a broker over going directly with a health insurance provider?

The Pitfalls of ‘Do It Yourself’ Think back. Has there ever been a time when you decided to do it yourself and perhaps regretted the outcome? Whether it was a DIY haircut [+]

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Travel Health Insurance Makes Sense For Short Cross-Border Trips

Usually, these short journeys are in search of shopping deals south of the border. Whether it’s in search of new clothes, a new mobile device, gasoline or even larger expenditures such as [+]

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Have Dental Insurance Ready For Your Baby’s First Visit

Every child is unique, and so are their teeth! They are one of a kind, and should last a lifetime. And they can, with good preventative care. Just as you teach your [+]

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