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The Lion King
• October - December 2017
HEALTH
BY ADEOYE FALADE*
HOWAHMOHEALTHCAREPLANCANEMPOWER
YOU TO LIVE A HEALTHIER, FULLER LIFE
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magine, you’re a high-flyer, progress-
ing up the career ladder and on top
of your game with most of your fam-
ily’s needs covered. You budget well,
can afford most bills or, at least, plan
for them and are still able to put some
money aside. Life seems to be going
great till one morning when Akeem,
your trusted driver for the past five
years had an accident on his way to
work.
You shouldn’t have a problem but
you do. As a part of your ‘house-
hold’, you’re saddled with the burden
of helping out with his hospital bills.
While you and your family can rely on
the health cover you have at work,
Akeem can’t because he’s a personal
driver.
Unexpected expenses like this could
have been avoided if your driver had
a health plan. It not just people like
Akeem however; it could be a rela-
tive, younger sibling in the university,
house help, or even an employee at
your small side-hustle. Put simply, it
could be anyone you are responsible
for who is unable to take advantage
of healthcare insurance provided to
corporate employees.
Avon HMO has a range of health care
plans to meet the needs of people
who do not fit into the traditional HMO
target market of large companies
and multinationals. Today, students,
young adults, entrepreneurs, couples,
families, as well as domestic staff can
have health plans that will give them
access to quality healthcare when
they need it without the financial strain
of unplanned hospital bills.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT HMO PLAN:
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in committed relationships for whom marriage and
starting a family is on the horizon. The
Couples
Plan
has been carefully designed to cover health
needs peculiar to this stage. It thus prepares them
for a fruitful union and a healthy family.
The
Life Starter plan
is a budget-friend-
ly plan for young people who would
like nothing more than the assurance
that their healthcare is sorted while
they concentrate on their hustle. This
applies to young adults, fresh gradu-
ates on their first job at a start-up
company and also domestic helps,
drivers, etc.
There’s also a plan for couples – people
