Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 15, 2017

Health insurance is a touchy subject. Instead I’m writing about my family’s experience with traditional health insurance and how it has affected OUR finances. When I resigned from my corporate job, my boss asked me what my husband and I were going to do about health insurance.

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Health Insurance Insurance Health 2003 100

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 11, 2024

I’ve been reading The Frugal Girl since retiring in 2015 and look forward to the blog every week. After retiring early in 2015, we intensified our savings efforts even more because we retired before the eligibility age for Social Security. Our best frugal win has been our health insurance plan.

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Florida Cruises Cruise Health Insurance 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Comparing the 2015 prices with what we pay now, I discovered that if we kept the same health, dental, and vision plans our health care costs would increase about $115 a month. Surprisingly, the details of the plan were almost identical to this year’s plan except for the price. Money Tips'

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Health insurance is a struggle for many people, and for us it became a big source of anxiety at the end of 2015 when our insurance company went out of business. We scrambled to research new plans, but after 11 years with the same company we were out of the loop regarding the insurance landscape at that time.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

I won’t rehash our health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS. We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. Read our Health Insurance Story: .

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