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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. 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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Our 2019 Financial Goal

Family Balance Sheet

Save $10k in a savings account, specifically earmarked for medical expenses. I won’t rehash our entire health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS, so to start from the beginning, read: Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance. 1 – DONE!!

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An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017

Family Balance Sheet

As open enrollment nears for many health insurance plans, I thought this would be a great time to give you an update on Medi-Share, the health sharing ministry that we are using in place of traditional health insurance. Health insurance has been a long winding road for us over the last few years.

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19 Awesome Freebies Things for College Students

Coupons Do Work

Of course when I graduated, I went to London, England, worked at Parliament, late met someone who inspired me to follow my dream and I remember telling him that I want to make it my life’s work to helping people and he gave me the best advice (he really is a true father figure to anyone who meets him (and that is Prince Charles.

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Medi-Share Update: One Year Later

Family Balance Sheet

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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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

Did you make 2018 financial goals ? We even bought an online package years ago, but have since decided that we will have a lawyer draw up our will, medical directive, and power of attorney documents to make sure everything is in place legally. 2 – Save $10k in a savings account, specifically earmarked for medical expenses.

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Why We Chose Medi-Share, an affordable solution to traditional health insurance

Family Balance Sheet

This is my honest opinion so far and I will be making updates through out the year. Health insurance is a touchy subject and everyone has a different point of view depending on their own life experience. When we were on the group health plan through my job, health insurance was fairly straight forward and affordable.