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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 Do You Handle Increasing Expenses?

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We decided to make small cuts from several areas to free up the extra funds needed to cover the increase in health care costs starting in January. With gas prices falling significantly recently, we haven’t been using the full amount. By talking about it now, we’re prepared for when the increase in cost occurs in January.

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Stock Market Sectors: 11 Official GICS Groups

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There are 11 different stock market sectors, according to the most commonly used classification system, known as the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). Materials sector The materials sector includes companies that provide various goods for use in manufacturing and other applications. The largest U.S. Materials 2.

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Medi-Share Update: One Year Later

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Health insurance is a struggle for many people, and for us it became a big source of anxiety at the end of 2015 when our insurance company went out of business. We scrambled to research new plans, but after 11 years with the same company we were out of the loop regarding the insurance landscape at that time.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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I have started calling around for fees and hope to have this complete by end of January. I won’t rehash our health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS. This will take us most of the year. Read our Health Insurance Story: . Be Exceptionally Frugal.

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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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Meet Tracy, a Single Mom Who Paid Off $41,587 | Debt Free Stories

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The company I had worked at for 12 years when I started my journey in January 2013, announced it would be making significant job cuts summer 2013. Use this to develop a budget & determine where you will cut back. (If Use cash system with envelopes for your over spending areas. What inspired you to get debt free?

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