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Health Insurance Benefits: Should I Choose the HMO or PPO Plan

WebIn our case, the HMO and the PPO are by the same big insurance company, so that simplifies things for us. In addition, our family actually already has an PCP that they’ve been going to for a while, so I’m pretty sure we’re going to go with the HMO over the PPO. The HMO is $200 cheaper per month, has no annual deductible, and has lower co

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Health Insurance Premiums: Average Annual Cost $19,000 Family, …

WebThe total average annual cost was $18,764 for a family and $6,690 for an individual in 2017. The data source is an annual poll of employers performed by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation along with the Health Research & Educational Trust, a nonprofit affiliated with the American Hospital Association. In very rough terms: a single …

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Health Savings Accounts: Defer Reimbursement But Keep Receipts …

WebBy saving up all your medical receipts but not claiming them, you can effectively defer that qualified withdrawal indefinitely. For example if you pay your $2,000 bill now, you’ll still be able to take out $2,000 tax-free at any time you wish in the future. Meanwhile, that initial $2,000 can be left in there to grow in a variety of investment

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Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts: Don’t Lose Your FSA Money

WebAll opinions expressed are the author’s alone. Updated. Here’s a year-end reminder to get back all the money sent into Healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts (HC FSA) due to their “use it or lose it” structure (see possible extensions below). The maximum salary deduction limit is $2,850 for 2022. You choose your deduction amount during

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COBRA and Retroactive Health Insurance Coverage

WebYou have 60 days after you lose your benefits to elect to pay for COBRA coverage. However, even if you enroll on Day 60, your coverage is retroactive to Day 1. Of course, you’ll have to pay the retroactive premiums for that period. Thus, you could technically waive your COBRA coverage initially, and then wait to see if you incur any …

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The Best Health Savings Accounts (HSA) Providers: Fidelity and …

WebIt’s still much cheaper for them than your old full-price health insurance premium, of course. Bottom line. Both Fidelity HSA and Lively HSA are excellent options for your Health Savings Account funds. If you want auto-pilot investing, the cheapest option is the Fidelity Freedom Index Institutional shares.

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Four Pillars of Retirement: Money, Purpose, People, and Health

WebI retired just as COVID lock downs hit in March 2020. My pillars of money and health are very strong at this point. But my pillars of purpose and people are less strong.

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Early Retirement and The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

WebThis is under 400% FPL so they get a subsidy. California’s exchange website is CoveredCA.com. Here are results for a middle-of-the-road Silver plan for the couple with $60,000 income: Let’s pick the cheapest Blue Cross Blue Shield option: The total quoted was $354 a month, or $177 per person, per month after subsidies.

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Finding Health Insurance Options For Young Adults

WebAnother option to check out for those in CA, CO, GA, CT, NH, and NV is Tonik Health. It’s specifically for young hip folks (could they make the website any more tacky?), and they have plans starting from about $75 a month.

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Our Family’s Retroactive COBRA Health Insurance Experience

WebYou have 60 days after you lose your benefits to elect to pay for COBRA coverage. However, even if you enroll on Day 60, your coverage is retroactive to Day 1. Of course, you’ll have to pay the retroactive premiums for that period. Thus, you could technically waive your COBRA coverage initially, and then wait to see if you incur any …

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Will Retiring Early Help You Live Longer

WebBy studying the retirees of Shell Oil company, they found that those who stop working at 55 have nearly double the death rate of those who continue to work on until they reach 65. Retiring early at 55 or 60 was not associated with better survival than retiring at 65 in a cohort of past employees of the petrochemical industry. Mortality was

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CoPatient: Helping You Answer “Is This a Reasonable Medical Bill

WebOn average, CoPatient saves its customers 40 percent on their medical bills. Since its launch in 2014, CoPatient has saved consumers more than $1 million. According their iPhone app page, CoPatient finds errors on 80% of all bills it reviews and saves folks an average of $3,000. Their FAQ states that it usually takes ~5 days for the review

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Estimate Your Life Expectancy With The Longevity Game

WebAll opinions expressed are the author’s alone. Part of estimating your needs in retirement and also in buying life insurance is to know your likely life expectancy. Although kind of morbid, one calculator to help you do this is The Longevity Game by Northwestern Mutual. You just answer a few questions about your lifestyle and family history

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HealthyWage Review: Bet on Yourself, Get Paid To Lose Weight …

Web(Limited-time New Year Promo: Click this special link for extra $50 added to your prize through January 7th. They offer up big boosts only a few times per year. Look for the banner on top. Read on …

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Minimizing Your Personal Inflation Rate — My Money Blog

WebInflation. Deflation. Hyperinflation. It’s all people seem to talk about these days. I’m always reading that you should always consider your investment returns after inflation.

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The High Price of Cheap Food

WebA study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of potato chips or 875 calories of soda but just 250 calories of vegetables or 170 calories of fresh fruit. With the backing of the government, farmers are producing more calories — some 500 more per person per day since the 1970s — but too

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Health Care Sharing Ministries: Understanding the Risks and …

WebSince then, membership has grown but many have also found themselves stuck with large and unexpected unpaid bills. Sharity Ministries, also formerly known as Trinity HealthShare, went into bankruptcy in 2021 and left their 40,000+ members with over $300 million in unpaid healthcare claims. A 2022 lawsuit by the State of California …

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Chart: What Percentage of Your Budget Goes Towards Food

WebHere’s another interesting chart from a Businessweek article about a food-delivery start-up called Blue Apron. It shows how food costs have decreased dramatically as a percentage of total U.S. consumer spending from 1959-2013. I’ve seen similar stats before, usually to support the argument that food really isn’t that expensive and people

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Charts: College Tuition vs. Housing Bubble — My Money Blog

WebThe CPI is designed to track our cost of living by estimating the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. Everything was normalized to 100 starting in 1978. While housing went up 4x at its peak (~400), college tuition has gone up over 10x. Instapundit Glenn Reynolds says the higher education …

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New York Metro & California San Francisco Bay Area

WebChase Bank has some potentially helpful offers for users of public transportation and taxi cabs in New York City and the California San Francisco Bay Area – a potential savings of 7-10% cash back, up to $50 total.

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Do Not Buy List: Healthcare Sharing Ministry As Health Insurance

WebHCSMs do not have to cover prescriptions drugs. Read their rules very carefully. HCSMs can cap lifetime payments at relatively low amounts like $250,000. Read their rules very carefully. ACA-compliant health insurance plans have no lifetime limits. The problem is that by design, yes, MOST people will be satisfied by these programs.

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Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage: Critical Coverage or …

WebDrop It Completely, It’s a scam. This line of thinking states that you don’t need this if you get into an accident with an uninsured driver, because. a) Your health insurance will cover your medical bills. b) Your collision insurance will cover your car damages, although you have to pay your deductible. With uninsured coverage, no deductible.

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