Avoid These Common Mistakes During Open Enrollment
Photo: Gorodenkoff (Shutterstock) Open enrollment for the next U.S. healthcare plan year kicks off Nov. 1—and the process can be overwhelming, to say the least. As you review your employer-provided…
This Is How Much You Need to Budget for Health Expenses
Photo: Josep Suria (Shutterstock) Thinking about our healthcare system gets me so worked up, I need to take a hit from the inhaler that I can barely afford. Although I’m…
How to Financially Prepare for Your Parents or In-Laws to Move In
Life can take some unexpected turns. Most of us imagine a specific trajectory to our lives: You grow up, move out, get a job, and live independently from that point…
Protect Your Elderly Parents From Medicaid’s ‘Five-Year Look-Back’ Rule
If your parents are “active seniors” spending their golden years taking helmet-less bike rides together like the smiling silver foxes in the above stock image, you’re probably not concerned with…
How the End of Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Could Affect You
Photo: Jonathan Weiss (Shutterstock) As of November 2022, nearly 92 million people were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP, the highest number on record and a nearly 30% increase over February…
How to Avoid Unexpected Costs During a Hospital Stay
Photo: Prostock-studio (Shutterstock) Going to the hospital is a stressful, often confusing, and potentially expensive experience. Whether it’s a visit to the emergency room in the middle of the night…
Don’t Forget Obamacare’s Open Enrollment Deadline
Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) Whether you’re one of the roughly 35 million Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act-related coverage, or will be applying for a health insurance plan through the…
All the Health Insurance Words You Need to Know But Were Too Embarrassed to Ask About
Photo: Kaspars Grinvalds (Shutterstock) Whether your health insurance is offered to you by an employer or you get it through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, most plans use the same…
How to Effectively Navigate the Health Care System, According to Reddit
Photo: Camil Zahner (Shutterstock) Even the simplest visit to the doctor has a lot of moving parts: You have to make the appointment, wait for the appointment, and answer the…
How to Find What a Hospital Actually Charges
Photo: JGA (Shutterstock) It’s notoriously difficult to find out how much you’ll pay for a surgery or procedure before it happens. For one thing, hospitals don’t charge everybody the same…