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7 Benefit Trends to Watch in 2021

Help protect employees against the expected trend of increased late stage cancer and critical illness diagnosis by offering Critical Illness with Cancer and Hospital Indemnity Insurance.
 
We’ll see increased later stages of disease and cancer. Among its many casualties, COVID-19 has caused one huge—and a too-little-discussed—problem: Employees have delayed or ignored regular care, avoiding doctor appointments, routine exams and cancer screenings. As a result, in the next couple of years we’ll see significant rates of late-diagnosed cancers and diseases with much poorer outcomes. This is a vital issue employers need to target by encouraging employees to partake in screenings and care, even during COVID times. We’ve already lost too much time on this, and we can’t afford to lose any more.