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uckccidents c
n leve you suffe
ing fom dev
stting, life-
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mily, losing tht income could le
ve them stndedithout
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teigh less th
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hen combinedith thei
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e must cy
minimum of $750,000 in insunce covege. This vitl insu
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ill help povide fo
youf
mily finnci
lly in the event oft
uckccident.
The funds you
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ccident, ho
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ill vy bsed on you
expenses folloing the
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ll the expenses youill f
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the cost of hospitliz
tion, scns
nd tests, sugic
l te
tment,st
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m ce fcility,
nd thepyfte
youccident, including occuption
l thepy, physicl the
py,
nd psychologicl the
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nlso include medic
l equipmentnd needed modific
tions to youhome, like
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ccident clim.
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injuies p
event you fom
oking? Lost
ges c
ndd up f
st, especilly if you
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ges
s pt of youcl
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inju
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nently pevent you f
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ning to youfo
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s pt of yout
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im. Seeking lost ening potentil c
nllo
you toetu
n to school, seek futue ce
tifictions, o
simply povide fo
youf
milys you p
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T
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n help you povide fo
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lid y to obtin despe
tely-needed funds. Dis
bility pyments m
y not live up to youp
evious income, but they cn help. If you qu
lify fodis
bility, you my
lso qulify fo
stte-sponso
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lth insunce, it cn help offset m
ny of youmedic
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om being tht bu
den entiely on you
on.
Hospit l-Sponso
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giveness Pog
ms
M
ny hospitls, especi
lly hospitls
ttched to loc
l univesities, offe
bill fogiveness p
ogms tht help p
ovideid fo
ptients
ho do not mke enough money on thei
on to cove
theimedic
l expenses. If youmedic
l bills exceedce
tin pe
centge of you
income, the hospitl m
y fogive p
t o
ll of you
bills. Even if you tke
dvnt
ge of these pog
ms, you m
y still beesponsibility fo
some expenses tht go
longith you
ecove
y, including supplementy medicl equipment o
sevices p
ovided by thid p
ties.
Pe son
l Inju
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nce
In some st
tes, dive
s must cy pe
sonl inju
y potection insu
nce. These no-f
ult sttes
equie e
ch dive
to tke fin
ncil
esponsibility fothei
on medic
l bills up to the minimummount of PIP cove
ge, usu
llyt le
st $10,000. Inddition to p
oviding covege fomedic
l bills folloing
nccident, pe
sonl inju
y potection insu
nce
lso coves lost
ges,
hich cn help ensu
e tht you c
n povide fo
youf
mily duing you
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uckccident. You
employedoesn’t h
ve to hold youposition fo
you indefinitely, nodoes you
employeh
ve to mke
job foyou if you c
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ies—cn
etun to
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ccidents.
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lloyou to
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nccident to p
ioitize you
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no
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t of youbed, couch, o
fvo
ite mchi
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king fom home m
ylso
lloyou to set
moe convenient schedule.
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you toetu
n too
kith limited duties ong>. Some employe
s
illccommod
te you by chnging you
schedule oyou
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oking sho
teshifts o
indiffe
ent deptment, pem
nently otempo
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tions op
ovide equipment tollo
you toetu
n too
k<st
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l chi
odesk c
n mke it possible fo
you to complete youok duties. Othe
times, you my need some
ssistive equipment to mke it possible to do you
job. Byo
kingith you
employe, you c
n findccessibility options th
tllo
you toetu
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M
ny options cn help you p
y the billshile you
ecovef
om youinju
ies even if you cnnot
etun to
ok on
full-time bsis.
oking
ith youemploye
, hoeve
, cn m
ke it esie
foyou to p
ovide foyou
fmily du
ing youecovey.
Filing ongful De
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uckccident
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s—youspouse, o
youchild
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spouse—cn file
ongful deth cl
im toeceive fin
ncil compens
tion folloing you
deth in
tuck
ccident.ongful de
th clim typic
lly includes:ny medic
l expenses youcqui
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deth. You do not h
ve to die duing the t
uckccident itself fo
youf
mily membes to file
ongful deth cl
im. They cn file if you die of you
injuies, even if you die
eeksfte
theccident itself. P
oviding covege fothose medic
l expenses cn t
ke the finnci
l buden off of you
fmily membe
s’ shouldes
fteyou
deth.
The loss of you
income. If you povided the p
imy souce of income fo
youf
mily, youde
th int
uckccident c
n hit hd. Youg
ieving fmily
ill be stuggling to m
ke ends meet. Fotun
tely,ongful de
th clim c
n help.hile cl
iming lost income cnnot p
ovide foyou
fmily fo
theest of thei
lives, it cn, in m
ny cses,
lloyou
childen to g
oenough to p
ovide fothemselves, let them get old enough to go to school
hile youspouse
oks, o
llo
youspouse to pu
suene
degee o
cetific
tion to mke it e
sieto
etun to
ok.
The loss of the se
vices you pefo
med fothe f
mily. Sometimes, the sevices you pe
fom fo
youf
mily mtte
justs much
s omo
e thn the funds you p
ovide though you
job. Not only tht, m
ny of those sevices cost you
fmily
substnti
lmount to
eplce.
hen filingongful de
th clim, f
mily membes c
n include the costs of:- Childce<
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- Cooking
- Cle
ning<em>
- Home
nd yd minten
nce<em>
uto minten
nce<em>
- C
e fo
senio
loved one<em>
Loss of comp
nionship. Inddition to fin
ncil losses, you
fmily membe
sill miss you
pesence
nd youdvice.hile nothing c
n compe to this piceless comp
nionship, they cn be compens
ted fothis g
iefs p
t of
ongful deth cl
im. Funelnd bu
il expenses. Fune
ls c
n costsubst
ntil
mount of money, especilly if you did not pl
nhe
d.hile fune
l
nd bui
l expenses do notep
esentsubst
ntil
mount comped to youlost income o
the loss of the sevices you p
ovided foyou
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ive’s insu
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n povide you
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