Thanh was recently diagnosed with an invasive form of pancreatic cancer and is expected to live only 6 months. Thanhs insurance policy has a built in terminal illness (TI) supplementary benefit. Which of the following correctly describes a feature of the TI supplementary benefit?

a)		it is paid to the beneficiary
b)		it is received tax free
c)		the maximum benefit is the face value
d)		it does not impact the death benefit