Critical Illness Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance
Because saving your life shouldn't cost your life savings
By the time most of us reach age 65, 3 out of 4 will have experienced a serious health crisis. If you aren't prepared for the catastrophic costs of a major health event, the end result can be just as devastating to your finances as it is to your physical well-being.
Just consider:
- The average cost of a cancer diagnosis is $146,000 per patient.
- Over 65 percent of cancer related expenses are indirect, and not covered by traditional insurance.
- About 5.4 million stroke sufferers survive, many with permanent disabilities.
- Of the 1.2 million Americans who will suffer a heart attack this year, 60 percent will survive.
- Of the 1.3 million Americans who will be diagnosed with cancer this year, 64 percent will live at least five more years.
- There are over 22 million Americans alive today who have survived a heart attack, stroke, or cancer.
Almost half of all consumer bankruptcies are due to medical expenses . . . And 75 percent of those bankruptcies occurred even though the consumers had health insurance coverage!
Harvard University, 2005
Like most Americans, you may think you're well prepared for any contingency. And like most Americans, you could be wrong. Learn more about the gap in American insurance coverage and how it might affect you.
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