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My Binder System for Organizing Some Important Areas of My Office and My Life

Family Balance Sheet

My financial binder holds my monthly to-do list , my yearly goals, our Family Balance Sheet , our family budget, and our business budget and statistics. I keep separate binders for our Business Expenses & Statements , Business Taxes , Health Savings Account , Retirement , my passwords (with alphabet tabs), and Workouts.

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Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance

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COBRA (an acronym for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) is a law that was passed during the Reagan administration that allows employees to continue their health coverage after leaving employment, but the employee must pay for it. I had no idea how easy health care was for us until I left that corporate job.

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4 Tips To Starting Your Financial Plan

Saving Cents With Sense

Only 32 percent of Americans prepare a monthly budget, according to a Gallup poll taken in June 2013. Creating a short-term budget and long-term financial plan can not only help you get out of debt once and for all, but they can also guide you to economic independence and prosperity. Build a Budget & Emergency Fund.

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An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017

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We have had high deductible health insurance plans since 2004 and during that time, we only hit our deductible one year. However, due to depleting the $10k we had set aside, we must now build our savings for future medical bills. Everything changed very suddenly on Saturday, June 25, 2017 when one of my children started complaining.

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Medi-Share Update: One Year Later

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That was a hit to our budget, but we reworked our numbers to find the funds and make it fit. We had high deductible health plans from 2004 – 2016 and contributed many years to a health savings account. We used those funds to pay for our medical bills in 2017 and that account is now depleted and closed.