Recognizing the Value of Being Prepared

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Recognizing the Value of Being Prepared

November 23, 2021 Leave a commentDisability Causes, Disability Insurance, Insurance, Protect Your Income, UncategorizedBy The Council for Disability Awareness

What happens to everyday expenses when an illness or injury prevents you from working and earning an income? Medical insurance helps cover the costs associated with treatment. But How do you pay your mortgage or rent? Do you have enough savings to buy groceries and cover your bills?

Lizzette Villeda discovered the real value of income protection when an aggressive cancer forced her to leave her job, and nearly took her life:
“The oncologist looked at my husband with such sadness in her eyes and said she has six months at most.”

But treatment and determination got her through. And disability insurance kept her and her family financially stable:
“If you don’t have that type of protection, then everything else really can fall apart…not having that would have been really devastating for my family, because remember we’re young, we have to pay a mortgage, you have a babysitter, you have careers, you have a full life that gets disrupted.”

Hear more about Lizzette’s story below, as she and her financial planner, Deanna Filosa, discuss her journey, their friendship, and the importance if having the right protections in place.