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Get your FREE Family Balance Sheet Excel Spreadsheet

Family Balance Sheet

Back in October 2003, I left a corporate career as a department store buyer with a nice reliable paycheck and benefits– including health insurance –to join my husband in the land of self-employment. I added a Net Worth calculation. You’ll find 2 net worth calculations: with and without the property value.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

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Hubby is one of those lucky few that actually has a pretty safe pension – one that also comes with health plans (which cover me as well) – so calculating his was easy. Health insurance is a bit more pricy than when employed, but less than a lot of other people pay.

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

Family Balance Sheet

Health insurance is a touchy subject and everyone has a different point of view depending on their own life experience. For us, health insurance became a thorn in our side many years ago when I left a corporate job with benefits for a life of self-employment. We were basically buying catastrophic insurance.

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

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Insurance and Risk Mac Hildebrand presents What is catastrophic health insurance coverage? posted at Insurance Providers , saying, “From routine trips to the doctor to extended hospital stays, the average health care bill is $8,000 per year. This expense is usually well worth the trade.

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