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Case 9 Analysis

Case 9 Analysis

Q Analyze the following Case in this week's Module, Cases are short and intended to highlight a few key concepts from our Module. • This is a graded assignment. • Your answer must be responsive to the question asked to receive full points, see Rubric. • Your answer must be 200 words or more, you must provide a word count at the end of your answer. Luis Barillas and his wife, Dora, have been married for two years and have a 1-year-old son. They live in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Luis works for Advanced Marketing Analytics. He earns $3,200 per month, of which he takes home $2,300. Luis and his family are entitled to receive the benefits provided by the company’s group health insurance policy. In addition to major medical coverage, the policy provides a monthly disability income benefit amounting to 20 percent of the employee’s average monthly take-home pay for the most recent 12 months prior to incurring the disability. (Note: Luis’s average monthly take-home pay for the most recent year is equal to his current monthly take-home pay.) In case of complete disability, Luis would also be eligible for Social Security payments of $700 per month. Dora is also employed. She earns $700 per month after taxes by working part-time at a nearby grocery store. As a part-time employee, the store gives her no benefits. Should Luis become disabled, Dora would continue to work at her part-time job. If she became disabled, Social Security would provide monthly income of $400. Luis and Dora spend 90 percent of their combined take-home pay to meet their bills and provide for a variety of necessary items. They use the remaining 10 percent to fulfill their entertainment and savings goals. Does Dora need any disability income coverage? Explain.

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According to the given case, where Luis and his wife Dora with their son live in Charlotte, North Carolina where Luis works for Advanced Marketing Analytics.