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Monday, December 3, 2012

Short Term Disability Can Help Your Income For A Period Of Time If You Become Injured Or Sick

By Marry R. Croize


You can usually collect on your short term disability insurance when you have to miss work for illness, an operation, pregnancy, hurt, doctor visits and hospitalization. We pay for insurance, after all, every pay period; the reason we have insurance through our job is to pay for difficult times. When we need to use it, we need to be able to count on it. You will be able to collect those benefits for up to a 24 month period.

Short term disability insurance only will pay out 2/3 of what your income was, which is really is the only downside of things. Granted, that may not cover all of your bills, but at least it is something to try to keep your family out of a dangerous situation, and your expenses will be reduced if you are not traveling to work each day. There is a 7 day period at the start of one of these periods; this is a requirement, but after that time, you will start to get your benefits on a regular basis. However, if your disability is due to an injury, your benefits can kick in right away.

Illness or injury can be a devastating blow to your family's finances because most Americans are now living pay check to pay check. It is even harder to have a savings account because a lot of people are struggling as it is. It does not look like things are going to pick up any time soon; there is deprivation going on all across the United States.

To make matters worse, many people rely on employer insurance and if that is difficult to collect, it can wreak havoc on your family if you do not have supplemental insurance. What are you going to do about your mortgage, car, insurance and any other expenses that are involve in keeping a household together? Money problems like this could really cause you to lose all that you worked so hard for in your life.

The truth is, is that Americans are finding themselves in situations like this all the time and there is little to do about it if they have not protected themselves with insurance. Insurance is there to protect you and your family until you can go back to work and have a steady income as before. Long term illnesses, are different and will have to be covered by long term disability insurance. You are going to have to think about many things and answer many questions to yourself so that you can be prepared for the kinds of problems that may arise.

Pregnancy and maternity health insurance also have to be put in your budget when you make plans for your life. If you do not have insurance for maternity or even Infertility Insurance, you may find yourself paying out of pocket for most of or all of the costs. It is important to examine all of your options for protection before you start your family.




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