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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.

Does travel insurance cover hurricanes?

Most Canadians know the importance of getting medical travel insurance before they travel, but they may not be as aware of the importance of trip cancellation and interruption insurance to help prevent [+]

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Why individual health and dental plans can cost more than your old group plan

Both group and individual health and dental plans can protect you against out-of-pocket costs for healthcare, like prescription drugs, dental care, physiotherapy or chiropractic care, eyeglasses and more. But when you compare [+]

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What is and isn’t covered by Trip Interruption and Cancellation Insurance

Cancelled trips are a primary concern for travellers. The cost of your trip is quite an investment—one that may have taken years of budgeting and planning. A lot can happen in the [+]

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The Importance of Health Insurance for Children

Under the Canada Health Act, all Canadian residents, including children, have access to medically necessary treatment through their province or territory’s health insurance plan. In certain provinces and territories, some children may enjoy [+]

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Do I need travel insurance for trips within Canada?

Are you one of the many Canadians who loves to explore everything our country has to offer? Whether it’s a ski trip out west, whale watching in the Atlantic, or a weekend [+]

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Why You Should Have Hospital Coverage

You never know when you might need to go to the hospital. From accidents and illnesses to chronic conditions, people find themselves in the hospital without warning all the time. If you [+]

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Health Insurance Can Help You Get a Medical Second Opinion (MSO)

At SBIS, we carefully select leading insurance providers and products to deliver the best coverage for our customers. We proudly partner with Manulife to offer Flexcare and FollowMe, and Association health insurance, [+]

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3 Ways to Save on Travel Insurance

We all know the easiest way to make sure your healthcare expenses will be covered if you’re sick or injured while far from home is to purchase travel insurance for every trip. [+]

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The Future of Healthcare in Canada

  We tend to think of the way technology has changed our lives from a personal and business perspective because that has the greatest impact on the day-to-day. But technological advances have [+]

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Rising Out of Pocket Health Expenditures

Note that we said “most” healthcare costs. There are a significant number of healthcare services that fall outside of what’s covered by the government. These services include prescription drugs (covered in some [+]

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Health Insurance for New Canadians

  There is a long to-do list leading up to a move like this and we hope this helps you get your healthcare needs sorted out in time for a smooth transition [+]

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Health Insurance Needs of Self-Employed Canadians

Things are a little easier for Canadian entrepreneurs because of the health care we are provided through our province or territory of residence. However, many treatments and services are noticeably absent in [+]

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Health Insurance Brings Peace of Mind

If you have made it all the way to retirement age with no serious health conditions, consider yourself very fortunate indeed. You may be looking forward to a long period of rest [+]

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Canadians Still Need Health Insurance

It’s true that many health care services are covered by the government plans, however, there are a number of services that are not covered. It is a shock to many people in [+]

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Health Insurance is for Everyone

Fresh Out of School In today’s job market, new graduates can usually expect that at least the first few years out of school will be spent in part-time or contract work. With [+]

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Health Insurance Options for New Canadians

In the interim, newcomers to Canada face the same health care coverage challenges as those who are coming to the country temporarily. If you are planning to move to Canada permanently, until [+]

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