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Why We Left Traditional Health Insurance

Family Balance Sheet

This post is not meant to be taken in a political way. Instead I’m writing about my family’s experience with traditional health insurance and how it has affected OUR finances. But I went back to Facebook to ask local friends for recommendations and found a participating family practice for all four of us.

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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Individuals, families and workplaces are complex organisms with multiple constantly changing parts and pieces. A person, trying to help a family member figure out how to pay taxes on their home and thus be able to keep possession of the fully paid off home suggested that the family member take in a roommate to earn some extra money.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Wayne presents Unexpected Costs of Pet Ownership posted at Young Family Finance , saying, “Pet ownership can be quite expensive. Maria presents Politics and economy in the Eurozone part 1 posted at The Money Principle , saying, “The people have spoken in France and Greece. ” A Blinkin presents Should I Buy A House?

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A Healthy Environment Should Be Our #1 Priority

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

From education to taxes to the deficit to foreign policy, the candidates tell us what we want to hear only to constantly change positions throughout their elected tenure. It makes up our homes, where we work, where our families travel to, and how we enjoy the time we are allotted here on Earth. Without it, we have nothing.

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Reviewing The World’s Landfills – A Future Fictional Business Plan Excerpt

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although attempts at regulation and re-use abounded, most met with societal, economic and/or political failure. Resultant fills varied in scope from simple dump and run (both on the ocean and on dry land) to elaborately designed and fairly costly bioreactor driven fills. Most however, were dry tomb landfills. Their conclusion? “So