Archive for the ‘Insurance’ Category
Monday, May 18th, 2009 by Cass Chappell, CFP®
One could ask this question of several different people and get several different answers.
Insurance agent: "Now. You can potentially lock in the rate and you don't have to worry about whether ...
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Tags: disability insurance, elder care, financial situation, home health care, insurability, Long Term Care, long term care expense, nest egg, sustainable withdrawals
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Monday, May 11th, 2009 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
So we have covered some important things to consider when choosing or designing your health care plan. In addition to figuring out networks, deductibles and co-pays, there are several underlying themes ...
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Tags: coinsurance, diet and exercise, emergency room visits, good health habits, group insurance, health benefits, Healthy Lifestyle, individual plans, smart decisions, staying hydrated
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Monday, May 4th, 2009 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
In part 1 of this series, we addressed several considerations for how your health insurance plan could be designed if you were trying to reduce your premium. The aim of this ...
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Tags: health care, health care expenses, health coverage, health screening, HMO, OB/GYN, physicians, POS, PPO, Primary Care Physician, specialists
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
The problems continue to mount for our health care system in the US. What can you do about it? Your options may not be as limited as you think. There are ...
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Tags: cutting costs, deductibles, health care, health coverage, Health Insurance, HSA plan, Saving Money
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
January marks the 5 year anniversary of the Health Savings Account (HSA) legislation being passed. I still remember, with such excitement and anticipation, making the first call to one of our ...
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Tags: cost savings, deductibles, health coverage, Health savings accounts, HMO, HSA, legislation, Savings, tax deductible, tax planning
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Monday, November 24th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
Whether it is near the water cooler at work or following a pickup game at the gym you may have been told the magic formula to calculate how much life insurance ...
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Tags: final needs, income needs, insurance analysis, Life Insurance, rule of thumb
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Monday, November 10th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
These rocky times in the market have certainly got plenty of us on edge about what our money is doing for us. I felt like this was a great opportunity to ...
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Tags: aging, asset protection, home health care, Long Term Care, nursing home
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
This past month was certainly a sad one in the world of comedy. Whether you liked or not, George Carlin turned stand-up comedy, along with much of society, on its ears for ...
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Tags: Financial myths, Financial Security, Healthy Lifestyle, Long Term Care, Retirement Planning
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
The statistics are alarming, but then again...that is what statistics are designed to be. I rarely meet someone that doesn't have life insurance and yet we are nearly 6 times more ...
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Tags: disability insurance, income protection, Insurance
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