Compared to traditional private health insurance, it’s a bargain: Family plans start at just $109 a month. But Jews, Muslims, atheists, and cancer patients need not apply.
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Playing with Percentages: Health Care in America
9% From June 2009 to March 2010—the heart of the health care debate—only 9% of media stories about health care reform actually “focused on a core issue — how our health care system currently functions, what works and what doesn’t,” according to a Pew Research study; the study says that 41% of health care stories were devoted to …
How the New Federal Dietary Guidelines Will Save You Money
Every five years, a federal nutrition panel makes recommendations as to what Americans should and shouldn’t be eating. The latest report was just released, and while the main goal is make Americans healthier, you’re all but guaranteed to save money if you follow the recommendations.
5 Odd Ways Money Is Being Spent
Roughly $300 will get you a Star Wars poster at Pottery Barn, or a patient to actually take his or her prescription drugs. Meanwhile, some folks are spending $12,000 for ride-on lawnmowers, and $360K buys your 16-year-old—OK, not your 16-year-old, but P. Diddy’s 16-year-old—a new car.
It Could Happen: Your Cable Bill Could Be Based on How Much TV You Watch
AT&T’s new plans for the iPhone and the iPad, which involve getting rid of unlimited use plans, may have opened the door to the possibility of new pay-TV plans, in which cable bills could also be “usage-based.”
Cheapskate Wisdom … from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
“I’m not a shoe person at all. I used to wear one pair of shoes for two years until there were holes in it and it was falling apart and then buy another pair.”
How to Get a Doctor’s Bill When You Don’t Go to the Doctor
Got health insurance? Good for you. But your insurance probably won’t cover a range of fees that some doctors now charge—including fees for filling out school forms, vague administrative fees of sometimes over $100 a year, and up to $50 if you have an appointment and don’t show up.
Friday List: Cheap Movies, Financial Concepts Not Taught in School, Worst Charities, Worst Money-Saving Tips, and More
Read on for advice on how to avoid money fights with your significant other, how to figure out what car will really cost you less money over the long haul, and how to dumpster dive like you’ve been living on the streets for years.
Gas Prices Are Cheap, and Will Likely Get Even Cheaper
Earlier this spring, it was predicted that gas prices wouldn’t soar this summer. And what do you know? On the eve of Memorial Day Weekend, they haven’t.
It’s a Deal: Eddie Bauer Buy One Get One 50% Off Sale
Now through May 31, Eddie Bauer T-shirts and Polo shirts are being sold on a buy one, get one half-off basis. The second set of wrinkle-resistant pants and shirts you buy is also available for 50% off now through June 13. The sale is valid for men (links above) and for women alike.
Read This Before You Go Clothes Shopping and Come Home with Purchases You Regret
Last fall, Sally Bjornsen founded the Great American Apparel Diet, in which she and dozens of women from around the world decided to not buy clothing for an entire year. Now that she’s entering the home stretch of the fashion fast, Bjornsen has learned enough from the experiment to establish eight essential shopping rules—steps, …
Royal Cheapskate: Queen Mother Was Too Much of a Tightwad to Buy a TV
When the Queen Mother died in 2002 at age 101, it was reported that she had a £4 million overdraft with the royal bankers. But the late queen wasn’t the spendthrift some made her out to be. Quite the opposite, actually.