ACC Won’t Pay For Your Cancer Scare
ACC feels like the great Kiwi backstop, but one word changes everything: accident. We’re calling out the most common money myth we hear, that ACC will “cover you if something happens”, then we show why that assumption can fall apart the moment the problem is illness rather than injury.
We talk through the uncomfortable stats behind time off work in New Zealand, including how much long-term absence is driven by illness, and what a serious diagnosis like cancer can do to a household timeline and budget. Sick leave runs out fast, mortgage holidays still rack up cost, and everyday expenses keep…
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