Special Insurance Rates For Families?

If you're looking into getting insurance coverage for your family, you should be excited to know that CAA Health & Dental Insurance offers special rates to families with three children or more. Couples without children are eligible to receive reduced rates on customized health and dental insurance plans.

On the CAA Health & Dental Insurance website, it states that with the Extended Health Care plan "you don't have to pay extra for benefits like vision care, registered specialists and therapists, ambulance services and more."

Make Your Health Insurance a Tax Deductible Expense

Your health and dental premiums may be a non-taxable benefit besides a deductible expense. Deducting the premiums from your business income can help to pay for your health insurance.

Check with Canada Revenue Agency for more information about making your health and dental insurance a deductible expense.

More information about Small Business Health Insurance.

The Increasing Popularity of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular and is a billion dollar business in Canada.

70% of Canadians use CAM in their treatment of medical issues or to boost their overall well being. Complimentary medicine is used in conjunction with mainstream medicine while alternative medicine in replacement of it. Just in this past year alone, over 5 million Canadians have reported using some form of alternative or complementary health product.

Many health insurance companies recognize CAM as a potential option in the treatment of illnesses or medical conditions; consequently, various types of coverage are now available.

Today, you can build your own customized insurance plan to meet your requirements and fulfill the needs of your family.

Laser Eye Surgery Coverage?

Does your health insurance plan offer you coverage for laser eye surgery? While some insurance companies deem it cosmetic (not medically necessary), others will include it in your policy. For instance, you may be covered if you are having eye surgery for refractive errors resulting from an injury. You may even be covered if you cannot wear glasses or contacts due to a physical limitation. 

It’s always a good idea to pose these types of questions when deciding on a supplemental health insurance plan. Make sure to read your manual; get familiar with your plan in order to be well aware of the extent of your coverage should a health issue occur.

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