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Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance

Family Balance Sheet

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. Let’s start at the beginning: Health insurance wasn’t always so stressful for me and my husband and to begin our story I need to go back a few years.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Welcome to the May 11, 2012 Edition #236 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. Frank presents Passively Managed Funds posted at Individual Investor Strategies , saying, “Short-term mutual fund trading is a zero sum game played against other very well informed mutual fund traders and other securities market traders.

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P.E.P. for the Week of January 24-28, 2010- Adjustment Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Well, I signed up for 2 of the 3 I need to complete which are to take place this weekend and one other weekend in February. Well, plans have had to change. Live Real, Now tells us how we can save money on anything from bills to insurance. By May,the whole house will be clutter free and organized. How about you?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

, and says, “The big debt clock is over $14 trillion now, but this other one is approaching $1 trillion, and may affect you more directly.&#. Your City or County May Have Free Money For You. Often times, home buyers may not be aware that free money for a down payment on a house is still available for qualified buyers.

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What Can Go Wrong – Naming a Beneficiary

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

All of your estate planning needs to head in the same direction and should be reviewed in whole to insure that the distributions you intend to make are actually clear in the documents. Being the smart person you are, you you sign up for a 401K with company matching and do the right thing by starting to pump as much into it as possible.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Insurance and Risk. Well break down some of the ways to keep your data safe, and tell you what your liability is if your identity is stolen. If you are in college and wondering how to put money aside, saving money may not even be a question because of the massive amounts of college debt that you are facing. We all have skills.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Well, not to worry. ” Deacon Hayes presents 10 Ways to Trim Your Budget posted at Well Kept Wallet , saying, “There are two sides to the financial equation: income and expenses. Insurance and Risk Mac Hildebrand presents What is catastrophic health insurance coverage? ” That concludes this edition.

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