Paying Medical Bills Without Drowning in Debt

Help paying medical bills is one of the biggest challenges facing families on the verge of debt or bankruptcy. Medical debt and the rising costs of health care and insurance continue to ruin the credit and lives of people across the country.
In August, The Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit healthcare action group, reported that family premiums [...]

How to Lower the Cost of Health Care

How can we make health care more affordable?  How about cutting the cost of providing care?
My dad runs a micro-medical practice, where he’s a one man show (actually one man + one part-time woman since my mom helps out with office stuff some evenings). 
His startup costs were pretty low since he bought most of [...]

Tips for Preventing & Treating Swine Flu

Flu season is almost here and we have to worry about the swine flu again.  It seems like the flu starts to take off once kids go back to school with all their coughing, sneezing, and not washing their hands. 
One of my co-workers already had two of his kids catch the swine flu at school.  When they [...]

Free Health Screenings & Healthy Lifestyle Tips

As the health care debate rages across the country, one of the things that’s often overlooked is how much money we could save with better preventative medicine.  It’s often much cheaper to invest time and money up front to help prevent, delay, or minimize expensive medical conditions, yet our insurance system is setup with the [...]

Money and Your Health

Being healthy isn’t just a matter of feeling good and living longer, it can have a big impact on your wallet as well. I’ve made some poor decisions about my health over the last few years and it ended up costing me a big chunk of change and time off work.
I was lucky compared to [...]

My Simple Solution for Getting in Shape

Getting in shape isn’t just a matter of being healthy and feeling good, it can have a big impact on your wallet as well. I’ve been getting some big medical bills from the end of last year when I ran into some health issues, which could have been avoided had I been taking care of [...]

Best Ways to Save on Prescription Drug Costs

Health care costs are a growing concern for all consumers in the US.  It’s not just the elderly living on fixed incomes whose lives are affected by high drug costs. 
Everyone scraping to save for retirement has this concern somewhere in the back of their mind.  One of the reasons we’re all encouraged to save [...]

Lose Weight for Cheap Before New Years

Lose weight over the Holidays?  Is it possible to avoid weight gain during Christmas time when you’re surrounded by chocolate treats and holiday parties?  Of course! 
Weight loss isn’t something that you have to put off until your New Years Resolutions, using the tips below you can actually lose pounds without expensive diets or gym [...]

Health Insurance Plans Offered by Employers – Network Based Managed Care Programs

Thanks to a reader named Matt, a health actuary, who shared his feedback on the health insurance for a new job post and takes a look at the network-based managed care programs.
PPO: What you described here is actually more like a traditional indemnity plan (which are rare these days). A Preferred Provider Organization actually does have [...]

Health Insurance: Planning For Coverage During a Career Change or Job Search

Health insurance is the single most important benefit that you must take care of during a job search or career change.
Risk of Being Uninsured
I have a friend who underwent major surgery about two years ago, and it was during a time that he was transitioning from one job to another. He didn’t elect [...]

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