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2019 Christmas Savings Club

Family Balance Sheet

How did you do with your Christmas spending in 2018? According to The Street, “consumers will spend an average of $1007 on Christmas gifts.” And if you paid cash for Christmas in 2018, but want some encouragement to save for this year, this club is for you too! Did you over spend? Add up the total.

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An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017

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We generally don’t have a lot of medical bills–just the usual stuff like annual physicals, some blood work, and an occasional sick visit. With my husband’s encouragement, we decided to focus on our daughter’s recovery and healing and we would deal with the medical bills when the time came.

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Medi-Share Update: One Year Later

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We hit our Annual Household Portion (think: deductible) with this medical event and our medical bills started to be paid by the other members’ shares. On the spreadsheet below, you’ll see that the December bills were quite high. A recap of our medical bills for 2017. Payment due to providers: $75,717.82.