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The Best 4-Step Plan to Manage Your Medical Correspondence

Posted October 30, 2009 - 05:00 by Heather Johnson

Health and Beauty, General Tips, Consumer Affairs

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How do you process the deluge of statements, notices, and bills for your healthcare? Processing them with these four steps could make the difference between overlooking important pieces of information due to disorganization or staying a step ahead of your medical providers and payers and getting your bills resolved correctly.

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Not free to be poor

Posted July 7, 2008 - 13:25 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Lifestyle

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Nobody wants to be poor. It's a dangerous and constrained position to be in. But there are people out there (me, for instance) who are relatively happy to live at a fairly low standard of living. Choosing to live at a low standard of living means you don't need to earn as much money--which opens up a huge range of possibilities that ordinary people don't have. The way society is organized now, though, that's not a safe option.

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Do You Need Health Insurance for Your Pets?

Posted February 15, 2008 - 16:14 by Catherine Shaffer

Personal Finance, Budgeting, Lifestyle

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In my previous post about the hardships of life on a six figure income (queue strings), I mentioned in passing that we had a $4000 veterinary bill for our dog. A couple of people mentioned veterinary health insurance. Nala was actually too old to have qualified for insurance at the time she died. We would have had to have signed her up when she was younger. After Nala died, I checked out veterinary health insurance plans, hoping to save ourselves the same ordeal with our new puppy, Chewie. When I studied details of several plans, I concluded that these insurance programs are not a good deal for pet owners.

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The Dirt on Travel Insurance

Posted November 20, 2007 - 17:02 by Nora Dunn

Art and Leisure, Lifestyle, Cars and Transportation

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In the world of travel insurance, no two policies are the same. Different activities and locales are covered in different ways between insurance companies, and even within the same company you can see different terms and conditions. The information below will help you sift through the weird and crazy world of travel insurance.

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