Health
‘My COBRA Is More Than My Rent’: A Portland Factory Worker’s Race to Medicare at 65
The block party on SE Hawthorne had been winding down for an hour when my…
Articles by Sloane Avery Wren
Social Security
She Runs a Daycare and Can’t Afford Her Own Health Insurance — The $1,100-a-Month Reality Nobody Warned Her About
The 60-day clock on a Special Enrollment Period after losing employer-sponsored health insurance is not…
Social Security
The $47,000 Student Loan Debt That’s Forcing a 61-Year-Old to Rethink His Entire Retirement Plan
Most people assume that carrying student loan debt into your sixties is a problem reserved…
Health
After His Insurer Dropped Him at 35, This Nashville Dad Finally Looked at His Social Security Statement
The call came on a Tuesday morning in October 2024. Malik Lombardi was on his…
Social Security
She Pays $187 a Month for Prescriptions That Cost $45 Last Year — How One Insurance Change Upended Sylvia’s Budget
Have you ever done the math on what it would cost you to stay healthy…
Health
One Year From Medicare, His Health Insurance Hit $674 a Month — and the Property Taxes Went Unpaid
What would you let slide first — your health coverage or your property taxes —…
Social Security
He Waited Until 67 to Claim Social Security — But $13,400 in Back Property Taxes Almost Changed That Decision
The conventional wisdom says to wait as long as possible before claiming Social Security. Wait…
Health
She Was Already Paying More for COBRA Than Rent. Then a Scammer Posing as Social Security Called.
The FBI’s takedown of three India-based call centers impersonating the Social Security Administration — operations…
Health
She Earned Too Much to Ask for Help — Then Her Rent Jumped 30% and Everything Changed
The letter arrived on a Thursday in October 2025. Darlene Trujillo had just finished a…
Social Security
Claiming Social Security at 62 Could Cost Him $800 a Month — But This San Jose Man May Have No Choice
Nearly 1 in 4 Americans who claim Social Security still do so at age 62…