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

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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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Family Vital Information Binder

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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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An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017

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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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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. 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.

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5 Insurance Issues for Entrepreneurs

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Double-check your homeowners policy to make sure that your home office, and the business activities that take place in your home are properly covered by insurance. 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.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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I won’t rehash our health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS. We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. Read our Health Insurance Story: .

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CVS MinuteClinic Flu Shots for the Family

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CVS MinuteClinic is here to help your family stay healthy this flu season. How can I protect myself and my family? Certain people are at greater risk for complications with the flu, including seniors, young children, pregnant women and those with certain health conditions like asthma or diabetes. Will it be covered by insurance?

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