The way more and more Americans receive health care coverage is changing. The old days of employers picking up the health care tab for employees and their families are gone.
Mass enrollment may only happen once a year, but preparing for it, pulling it off and following up is a never-ending process, one that requires planning and more planning.
Doctors diagnosed more than 1.4 million new cancer cases in 2007, according to the American Cancer Society. One in two men and one in three women can expect to be diagnosed with some form of cancer in his or her lifetime.
Brokers have to do a good job explaining disability coverage. And MetLife has some advice for consumers that brokers can use as talking points. First, says Lynn McDonough, vice president, MetLife Individual Disability Income, people have to ask
In the discussion about ways to hold down the cost of health care, many factors are cited as possibilities to turn the tide. It seems the same factors being discussed by policymakers and health care experts are of concern to consumers, too. A
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