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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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Family Vital Information Binder

Family Balance Sheet

Creating a family vital information binder is an important project that you should add to your urgent to-do list. For me, it wasn’t about making my life easier, but rather, making my family’s life easier if they needed vital information in the case that I am incapacitated or just not available. IT WAS TIME WELL SPENT!

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Meet a Reader | Maria in Florida

The Frugal Girl

This posed the problem of paying in full for both our health insurance plans since our employers no longer contributed to our healthcare needs. Our best frugal win has been our health insurance plan. Since retiring we have become gym buddies and have taken advantage of this great health benefit.

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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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Our 2019 Financial Goal

Family Balance Sheet

I called around to several local attorneys to get prices for their services and we settled on an out of town attorney that a family member recommended. Why We Chose Medi-Share, an affordable solution to traditional health insurance. The post Our 2019 Financial Goal appeared first on Family Balance Sheet.

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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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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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