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Debating if I should individual disability insurance to Long term disability through work?

I currently have long term disability providing 60% income protection at $51 per paycheck every 2 weeks after taxes. My work is now introducing individual disability insurance for $11.24 per paycheck for an extra 7% of income protection (total 67%) and 100 % income protection for catastrophic events (loss of sight, speech, hearing, loss of 2 limbs). I don't know if this is a good deal or not or essential coverage? I am a pharmacist and my gross income is around 160k. I did the math for the coverage compared to long term if it's an extra 7% it shouldn't cost me more than $5.95 but i understand the extra cost is due to the catastrophic part. For $13.84 it would include cost of inflation not less than 2% no more than 7% annual basis. They say I can take this insurance with whichever company I work for. Anyone have this insurance or is familiar with it? I only have one week to decide to opt in or opt out

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  • 1 year ago

    Most companies offer LTD for professional employees.

    However, if that is not the case in your industry, you should consider the portable plan.You haven't told us anything about your own financial situation.  If something happened would you be able to float on your current income until you received SSDI?  Is SSDI enough based on previous earnings?

    - If you don't know this, you can get a copy of your SS statement from the SSA website.  If you haven't done this before, it will probably not come in the next week. 

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