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Budgeting
How to Remove Medical Bills That Are Affecting Your Credit
There are steps that you can take to remove medical bills that are affecting your credit. The main ones include disputing potential errors, negotiating with the debt collector/hospital, seeking financial assistance, or simply waiting for the statute of limitations to expire.
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Insurance
Is It Worth It for Seniors to Get Term Life Insurance?
Many retired households wonder if they need to get life insurance now. After all, while employees’ savings and 401(k)/IRA accounts follow them after they stop working, their employer-sponsored life insurance doesn’t. A whole life policy, however, is too expensive. Even the best term life insurance for seniors over 60 years old would cost less than a quarter of the premiums…
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Budgeting
These Apps Will Lower Your Medical Bills
Technology revolutionized everything in our lives, ranging from transportation to shopping. This is even true when it comes to medical care. Instead of rushing to the nearest hospital ER or making an urgent care appointment, patients can lookup their symptoms online. However, not many people know about how apps are replacing insurance companies and hospitals. They cover copays and connect…
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Budgeting
Part Two: Inflation and Your Health Premiums
Generally, the government takes care of a portion of your health insurance premiums. The amount is based on someone’s income bracket, which changes every year because of inflation. In a previous article, we discussed how this impacts the average monthly health insurance cost, even if a household’s income doesn’t go up or down. The change will effect the 2019 Medicare…
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Credit Cards
Medical Credit Cards for Staying Physically and Financially Healthy
Medical bills are one of those expenses in life that you can't really help. Most of the time, you don't get to save up and plan when you have a medical emergency, and it's usually going to take a good chunk of money to pay it off. Sometimes you don't have that option though, and this is a good time…
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