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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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Managing Family Finances: Tips and Strategies for a Better Financial Future

Penny Pinchin' Mom

The post Managing Family Finances: Tips and Strategies for a Better Financial Future appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Family finances can be tricky! I have a bunch of lovable relatives (my nuclear family) who believe we are somehow made of money. You need the entire family pulling in the same direction.

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Which Insurance Policies Should You Absolutely Have?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Insurance helps you manage your finances. Renters insurance makes sense for those who wouldn’t be able to replace the items in their apartment or rental home on their own, just paying cash. In some cases, you are required to carry insurance. Other insurance isn’t so straightforward. Covering Yourself.

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Get your FREE Family Balance Sheet Excel Spreadsheet

Family Balance Sheet

Family Balance Sheet , the website, turns 9 in October 2017, but Family Balance Sheet, the spreadsheet, turns 14. 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.

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5 Insurance Issues for Entrepreneurs

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the United States, health coverage is a big deal. Once you strike out on your own, you could find yourself without health insurance coverage. While health insurance doesn’t completely protect against high bills, it can reduce some of the impact. However, this is the coverage that matters to your family.

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How Do You Handle Increasing Expenses?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

First, we looked at all the health care options available to us, and decided together that the PPO plan, which is what we currently have, would continue to be the right choice for our family. How do you handle an increase in monthly expenses like health care?

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

Financially speaking, he focuses on building the business and I focus on managing our home and finances. Health Sharing Ministry. We weren’t in the market to leave our traditional health insurance plan until the monthly premiums became more than our home mortgage back in November 2016. We increased our income.

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