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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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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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Planning Your Future Retirement? Health Insurance Can Help With Your Longevity Lifestyle

No one wants to fail at retirement – just the thought of it brings on a little stress and anxiety. Its likely that you want to do everything possible to help you [+]

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How To Get A Great Health Insurance Quote When You Need One

Health insurance is called ‘supplemental’ because it covers healthcare costs not covered by your government plan, like some medical, dental, or other health-care costs you and your family might face day-to-day. Health [+]

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Four Things To Consider When Choosing The Best Dental Insurance Quote

Finding a dental plan that fits your needs (and your family’s) and meets your budget can be overwhelming. When you’ve looked at so many different plans and received quotes for each, how [+]

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Is it your birthday? Why Not Gift Yourself A Good Health and Dental Insurance Plan?

Another birthday? As you reflect on the past year, take a moment to consider your health needs going into the future. Birthdays come and go but maintaining your health as the years [+]

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Why Your Dental Fee Guide is Important and How to Understand It

Decoding the Codes Every procedure, every appliance, and every exam has a specific code. For example, you may have had a recall exam, where your dentist checks for cavities; some scaling, where [+]

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Dental Insurance: How to Fill in the Gaps

When you’re young, you have other things to worry about than your teeth. No one believes, when they’re in the prime of their lives, that someday they’ll fall apart — and it [+]

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What You Need To Know About Your Basic Dental Coverage

The next challenge for you is figuring out what exactly your plan covers. There are so many different programs; it’s understandable to have questions. If you have what is called “Basic Dental [+]

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Five Things You Need to Understand About Your Dental Insurance Plan

Imagine this.  You are sitting back and relaxing, watching Netflix.  You reach for the last bite of popcorn… and ouch!  Can you believe you just damaged your tooth! Hefty dental bills can [+]

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How 2 Group Plans Or 1 Group And 1 Individual Plan Can Coincide

But even if your employer doesn’t offer coverage, it’s a good idea to seek out dental insurance. Unexpected issues arise all the time; it’s better to have a plan already, so you [+]

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How Dental Insurance Can Improve Your Overall Health

A variety of illnesses that have nothing to do with your teeth are directly related to how you treat your mouth. According to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, gum disease is [+]

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The Alternate Benefit Clause: What You Need to Know

Suppose you just found out from your dentist that you need to have a bridge placed. You feel confident your plan will cover most of the proposed amount and your out-of-pocket expenses [+]

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Who Regulates Dental Care and Billing in Canada?

When you are trying to understand the codes of conduct observed by dental care providers, it’s a good idea to start with an overview of who regulates dental care and billing in [+]

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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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Travelling For Self-Care? Travel Insurance Takes Care Of You Too

According to Bookings.com travel predictions for 2022, travel is going to become essential to our self-care. Is it surprising? During the pandemic, people were forced to make the most of what they [+]

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Excited To Be An International Student? Time To Get Your Emergency Travel Medical Insurance

Time to take a quick quiz: If you are a student planning to study abroad, do you need special travel insurance?  Do students need travel insurance to study in Canada?  If you [+]

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More TuGo Travel Insurance Claim Facts You Want To Know Including COVID-19 Coverage

Getting back to travelling and choosing the right travel insurance can be easy (especially with the help of SBIS). Understanding how COVID impacts your travel insurance claim is not quite as simple. [+]

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Read This Important Update On Travel Insurance Now

With a Level 2 advisory in place, the Canadian government no longer recommends that vaccinated Canadians avoid travel for non-essential purposes. That’s a green light to travel! And it gives you greater [+]

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The Real-Life Travel Insurance COVID-19 Claim Stories You Need To Know

These days, the number one concern on most travellers’ minds is, “Will I be covered for COVID-19?” Travelling anywhere comes with a set of unprecedented risks that, as a traveller, require you [+]

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Ready For Travel Adventure? Here Is Your Travel Insurance Destination Guide

The most important thing you can pack for your trip is a travel insurance policy that can help protect your family financially if you are sick or injured while away. You should [+]

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Changing Jobs? Make Sure You’re Covered!

What do you need to know about health and dental insurance to make sure your transition to a new job is a smooth one? Starting a New Job Congratulations, you got the [+]

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Learn the Facts About Domestic Travel Insurance

  Because healthcare is something all Canadian citizens enjoy, we often take it for granted that the same rules apply everywhere in the country. Before you head off on a great Canadian [+]

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Seeing Double? Time for an Eye Exam!

Can you remember the last time you had an eye exam, if ever? Your supplementary health insurance benefits probably cover a visit every two or three years, and there’s a good reason [+]

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Five Summer Sun Safety Tips

Time Outdoor Activities Carefully There’s some truth to the expression “high noon.” It’s the time of day when the sun is at its highest. The Ultraviolet Index (UVI) is highest between 10:00 [+]

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Overcoming Dental Anxiety

Finding the Source Dental anxiety affects an estimated 10-20% of dental patients, so at least you’re in good company. Part of addressing your fear of the dentist is drilling down (pardon the [+]

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What do you Need to Know About Trip Cancellation Insurance?

To help you avoid the stress and financial pain of losing out on deposits if an emergency forces you to cancel a planned trip, here are a few things you should know [+]

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Health Insurance Considerations for the Self-Employed in Canada

Self-employed Canadians don’t get sick days, and many only have supplemental health insurance if they’re covered under a spouse’s plan. If you’re planning to become one of the more than two million [+]

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5 Tips to Help Choose the Right Dentist

Once you find a professional you trust, you stick with them. With so many dental professionals out there, how do you choose the perfect one for you? What happens if you have [+]

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