Medicare Medicare – a most common topic of discussion among those age 65 and older. Why? Medicare can be complicated. People often use the advice and lessons learned from others to support their own decisions. We think it is important for you to have the best plan available for your personal healthcare and financial situation. …
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What is Disability Insurance and Why Should You Have It?
Continuing with open enrollment month for your workplace benefits, let’s talk about disability insurance. Many people think about life insurance, especially if they have kids, but not everyone thinks about disability insurance, even though your chances of becoming disabled are greater than dying. According to a report published by the Social Security Administration in August …
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FSA’s & HSA’s
In my last blog, I talked about health care open enrollment. A few of the options that many employers offer for benefits are Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Accounts (HSA). Are you familiar with FSAs & HSAs and how they are used? If not, read on for more information. FSA’s An FSA is …
What Exactly is Open Enrollment?
If you work for someone else, there’s a good chance that you are, or soon will be, in the midst of Open Enrollment season for your benefit choices. This is the period when your employer allows you to adjust or newly enroll in your employee benefits, like health insurance. It’s important to pay attention during …
Why Do I Need Homeowners’ Insurance?
When I sat for the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM exam I learned way more than I ever wanted to about different forms of homeowner’s insurance (basic form, broad form, etc.) and will now pass the savings onto the consumer! Oh wait, I have listened to too many commercials. But my time loss is your gain as …
The Ins and Outs of Long-Term Care Insurance
Some people think that when they get older and they have to go into an assisted living or nursing home facility, they will just be covered by Medicare or their regular health insurance. Wrong. Medicare doesn’t cover much of assisted living or nursing home stays. Your stay could be covered by Medicaid, which is for …
Why You Shouldn’t Name a Minor Child as Your Beneficiary
Continuing with September as National Life Insurance Awareness month… One of the main reasons people have life insurance is because they have young kids. Often, people think that they should name their spouse as the primary beneficiary and then the kids as contingents (if something happens to both parents). This blog talks about why this …
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Life or Health Insurance?
September is National Life Insurance Awareness month. So, this month I’ll be posting about life and health insurance. Should you get life or health insurance? Insurance is…. well, sometimes you just must have it. Nobody really says, “yay, I have to buy life or health insurance!” This blog will cover life and health insurance. There …
Cash Vs. Money Market
Chasing interest on your cash is a tough thing to do, especially right now with interest rates being so low. Several years ago, before the financial crisis of 2008-2009, I held funds in what were called “demand notes.” Demand notes, a type of money market fund, paid a higher interest rate than a typical savings …