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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.

PRISM’s Personalized Counselling Matching Tool Is Better Than A Dating App

Swipe left or right… that may be a way to find a date, but it can be harder to find the right therapist. Searching for answers online as you struggle with emotions [+]

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Discover The Great Value Of Health Plus™ Insurance Coverage

SBIS is excited to introduce new health insurance options from Health Plus! At SBIS, we know you want health insurance coverage that best fits your budget and your needs — and you [+]

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DEI – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Your Health Insurance Benefit Plan

It’s important to incorporate a culture that stresses diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into your small business. Experts say that a business’ willingness to foster diverse opinions and perspectives allows for enhanced [+]

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Top 5 Travel Emergency Medical Insurance Claims (And Why You Need Travel Insurance)

You think it won’t happen to you or your travel companions – but emergency medical situations do happen when you travel.  Here are the top five types of claims travellers make according [+]

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Do Your Health Benefits Meet The Diverse And Evolving Needs Of Your Employees?

There are many forces that have led Canadians to expect more medical care and protection against its rising cost including an ever-accelerating pace of scientific and technological discovery that has offered new [+]

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Does Your Financial Plan Cover Serious Health Financial Expenses? It Should.

Estate plans play a critical role as we age. According to IG Wealth Management’s (IG) estate planning study released in May 2023, only one-quarter (25 per cent) of Canadians have an estate [+]

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The Real-Life Travel Insurance Visitors To Canada Claim Story You Need To Know

No traveller ever sets out to get sick or run into a medical emergency while visiting Canada. But the unexpected can happen at any time or any place. That’s why it’s important [+]

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Don’t Have Student Dental Insurance? Here Are Three Reasons You Need a Plan

You are looking forward to your education as a stepping-stone to your career ahead – one that you can smile about. It’s makes taking care of your teeth and oral health important [+]

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How Can Health Insurance Help With Neck And Back Pain From Virtual Work?

If you are working from home, have you experienced an increase in neck and back pain? You are not alone. The 2020 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Survey shows [+]

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Why You Need Drug Coverage and How it Helps You

Prescription drug costs are not covered by government health plans for most Canadians. For instance, you will qualify for the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program only when you turn 65 years old, [+]

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Pregnant And Starting A Family? Don’t Forget To Have Dental Insurance

Planning your family? There’s so many things to think about! But it’s important to prioritize oral health before, during and after pregnancy, even if you have neglected it in the past because [+]

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Retiring? Here Are 3 Health Insurance Mistakes To Avoid

According to an October 2022 survey by BDO Canada, 71% of Canadians found saving for retirement to be more challenging due to inflationary pressures. That poses the question: when its hard to [+]

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Sober Curious? Here Are Three Health Insurance Features That Help Make a Difference

Are you trying to break the habit of drinking without thinking or just drinking socially because everyone else does? You might just be joining the ‘sober curious’: people that are mindful of [+]

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How To Use Health Insurance To Get A Good Night’s Sleep

Do you get a good night’s sleep? The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults, released in October 2020, recommend 7 to 9 hours of good-quality sleep for adults aged 18 to 64 [+]

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Are You Ready To Live a Healthier Life With Manulife Vitality?

Health insurance helps you prepare for unexpected healthcare costs like out-of-pocket healthcare costs for prescription drugs, dental care, visits to a therapist or even nursing care. It provides real peace of mind [+]

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Shopping For Glasses Online? Your Health Insurance Vision Benefit Can Cover That

Many general health conditions are first detected through an eye exam — and many serious eye conditions don’t have obvious symptoms. From infancy to grade school, throughout your working life and into [+]

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How Do My Dental Insurance Maximums Work?

Luckily, there are ways to get treatment and save money – that’s why we have insurance! Since the mid-1950s, dental insurance has been a crucial means of saving people money when they [+]

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Do You Need Dental Surgery? Here’s How Your Dental Insurance Can Help

While the nature of the injuries these days is much different than 200 years ago, the need for oral surgery hasn’t diminished. Many students of dentistry opt to become oral surgeons as [+]

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Dental Checkups – Why and When You Should Go

It’s funny how we use our mouths to chew, swallow, speak, breathe, kiss, and much more, and yet they’re the last things on our minds when we consider our health. Your teeth [+]

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Why You Need the Perfect Insurance Plan for Your Children

Our caring and nurturing doesn’t stop at feeding and clothing, it extends to the well-being of our children in all ways. That includes making sure they have an education, a clean environment, [+]

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Get Dental Insurance Before You Need Dental Surgery!

Thankfully, we now live in a society where tooth extractions are the absolute last resort, and dentists will do everything in their power to save your teeth. Sometimes the measures they take [+]

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How to Avoid Expensive Dental Costs

Now think about how you could pay that dental bill without dental insurance. Would you be able to afford it? When faced with this question, most people opt to skip the dental [+]

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Dental Insurance Dictionary

Basic dental services An umbrella term for dental services that generally include exams, x-rays, polishing, scaling, root planing, endodontic services and tooth removal. Bitewing x-rays A type of x-ray that you bite [+]

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Dental Insurance Checklist

If you don’t have a plan or your existing one isn’t cutting it for you, it’s a great idea to put a little research into finding something that will meet all your [+]

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Shopping Online For Travel Insurance? Here Are Three Things You Should Know To Get The Best Rate

Getting travel insurance rate can be a click away, but is it the best rate? Travel insurance works like other kinds of insurance. You pay a premium rate for the benefits that [+]

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Travel Is Still A Priority In 2023 And So Is Travel Insurance

After spending too much time at home, you probably are feeling like you need to travel! If you are worried you may have to scale back your travel plans, it just means [+]

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Going Province To Province For Your Commute? You Need Travel Insurance Protection

Back in 2016, only about four percent of people worked remotely. By 2021, that number grew to over 30 percent of Canadian workers. And now, many Canadians have chosen to re-locate their [+]

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Choosing To Cruise This Winter? Get Travel Insurance For A Safe Trip

What is your cruise destination? Likely it is the Caribbean Sea which spans 2.75 million square kilometers, has roughly seven thousand islands and more than 20 bordering countries. The Caribbean offers sun-bathing [+]

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Eager To Restart Your Winter Vacation Tradition? Four Ways Travel Insurance Will Protect You

Are you eager to travel again like most Canadians, and maybe even plan to restart your winter vacation tradition? At SBIS we’re ready to help you with those plans – and put [+]

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Are Your Prepared If Your Travel Insurance Coverage Ends When You Turn 70?

Taking the time to travel to visit family out of province or out of country is always a priority for many Canadians. By the time we reach age 70, many of us [+]

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What travel insurance is best to get? Trip protection, medical travel insurance — or both?

More than two-thirds of Canadians intend to travel between May and October, according to the Conference Board of Canada. But as COVID-19 continues to loom, many travellers are once again concerned about [+]

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How To Avoid Wasting Your Travel Dollars: Buy Trip Cancellation Insurance

An Ontario couple who didn’t buy travel insurance ahead of their vacation were disappointed to learn they were denied a refund after contracting COVID-19. You can read their story Do I need [+]

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Massage Therapy: Why Something So Fantastic Has to Be Reasonable and Customary

The after-effects are wondrous, giving you relief from the stresses of life. To some, massage therapy is a real luxury to be paid out of pocket, while others are fortunate to have [+]

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10 Things Your Dentist Wants You to Know

That’s a shame because a good dental self-care routine is critical to proper oral healthcare. Though the frequency of your visits may vary based on your needs and your health and dental [+]

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5 Ways to Avoid a Problem with Your Travel Insurance Claim

Some travel insurance policies, thankfully, go without claims because the trip was uneventful. However, if you do find yourself sitting in an emergency room far away from home, you’ll never be mad [+]

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Younger Workers Need a Health Insurance Strategy

To help form part of a plan for tomorrow, today’s young workers need a health insurance strategy to take care of their current and future healthcare needs. Health Insurance Challenges Facing Millennials [+]

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Travel Insurance in Times of Global Uncertainty

When planning a trip for work, pleasure or personal reasons, it’s important to know what’s happening in the world around you. This year, many Canadians are changing their travel plans due to [+]

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What Do Dentists Think About Halloween?

One group of healthcare professionals in particular has some ideas on the subject of the annual festival of Trick or Treating adventures. What do dentists think of Halloween? Dental Care Tips from [+]

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Insurance Issues in the Medical Marijuana Debate in Canada

On April 20, 2017, the Canadian Federal Government announced that recreational use of marijuana (also known as cannabis) will be legal in Canada by Canada Day 2018. For many Canadians, this settles [+]

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Dental Care at Every Age

To help you understand what to do to get the most out of your health and dental insurance with proper follow-up care, we’ve prepared the following guide for dental care at every [+]

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