Health
A Home Health Aide’s Best Earning Year Quietly Raised His Medicare Bill by $888 — He Had No Idea Why
Carlos Ramos planned his Medicare enrollment carefully at 65 — until an IRMAA surcharge tied…
Articles by Sloane Avery Wren
Health
Her Disability Benefits Paid 60 Cents on the Dollar — Then Her Insurer Dropped Her After One Claim
A Memphis dental assistant's short-term disability paid only 60% of her income — then her…
Health
She Lost $11,000 in Overtime and Her Rent Rose 30% — Then She Found Out Her Health Plan Was the Real Problem
Gina Blanchard lost $11K in overtime and faced a 30% rent hike. Her health insurance…
Health
She Counted on Her Tax Refund to Pay Rent. Then a Debt Collector Claimed It First.
A 60-year-old Richmond security guard's tax refund was seized by a debt collector. Her story…
Health
He Earns Too Much for Medicaid and Too Little for His Prescriptions — One Year From Medicare, Curtis Kessler Is Just Waiting
Curtis Kessler, 64, earns too much for Medicaid but can't cover his prescriptions. His story…
Social Security
His COBRA Cost More Than His Rent. At 50, This Columbus Firefighter Is Still Trying to Stay Afloat
Have you ever looked at a bill and genuinely wondered which one you were going…
Health
We Owed $2,400 in Back Property Taxes After My Husband’s Layoff — One Phone Call Changed Everything
Wanda Matsuda owed $2,400 in back property taxes after her husband's layoff. Her story of…
Health
My Husband Hid $27,000 in Debt and I Had to Apply for SNAP at 30 — I’m Still Processing It
Pauline Thornton, 30, never thought she'd apply for SNAP — until her husband's hidden $27,000…
SNAP
A $3.50-an-Hour Raise Led to $4,200 in Back Property Taxes — One Portland Manager’s Hard Lesson
Renee Uribe got a raise and lost her SNAP benefits — then fell $4,200 behind…
Social Security
He Fell on the Job at 61, Got Denied Workers’ Comp, Then Discovered His Identity Had Been Stolen
Have you ever avoided opening your own mail because you were afraid of what was…