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She Was Injured on the Job, Denied Workers’ Comp, and Watching Her Business Shrink — Gina Neville’s Road Back
I met Gina Neville in the cereal aisle of a Publix on South Dale Mabry…
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Her COBRA Premium Hit $1,340 a Month — More Than Her Rent. Then She Found Out She Qualified for a $67 Plan
The window to switch health coverage after losing a job-based plan closes fast — federal…
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He’s an Accountant Who Knows All the Rules — at 48, He Still Can’t Afford His Own Prescriptions
The waiting room at the Denver Social Security Administration office on a Tuesday morning in…
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She Made $94,000 a Year and Still Couldn’t Afford Her Prescriptions After Her Airline Dropped Its Health Plan
Have you ever assumed your income was high enough to protect you from a healthcare…
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She’s 63, Uninsured, and Two Years Away From Medicare — This Is What That Actually Costs
Most people assume that by the time you’re 63 and still working, you’ve figured out…
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He’s 61, Paying $1,847 a Month for COBRA, and Just Learned Social Security Could Be Cut 28% in Six Years
Roughly 40% of Americans have no retirement savings at all, according to Federal Reserve estimates…
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When the Garnishment Letter Arrived, Rosalind’s Disability Check Was Already Gone
Most personal finance advice assumes you made a mistake. That you spent too freely, saved…
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She Had a Graduate Degree and a Good Income — Then Tax Identity Theft Cost Her Family $6,200 and 18 Months of Their Lives
Have you ever trusted a system completely — filed every form correctly, paid every dollar…
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At 61, Her Health Insurance Costs $2,400 a Month — More Than Her Mortgage. She’s Counting the Days to Medicare
The morning I drove to meet Tanya Kirby, the sky over Baltimore was the flat…
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She Got a Raise and Started Losing Sleep: A Miami Foreman’s Quiet Battle With Healthcare Costs and Retirement Dread
Getting a raise is supposed to feel like winning. Most personal finance wisdom treats higher…