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Reminder: If you are self-employed, don’t forget that you are entitled to take your health insurance premiums as an “above the line” tax deduction. With the killer cost of health insurance for the self-employed, it is one small (very small!) thing that Uncle Sam does to help make your health insurance costs more affordable. In . . . → Read More: Tax Season Reminder: The Health Insurance Tax Deduction for the Self-Employed Sadly, it seems like most people don’t find out until a medical emergency finally occurs. Jennifer Giuffre-Donohue found out the hard way when she was diagnosed with cancer: So as my head was swimming I stared at the four prescriptions spread out on my bed just staring back at me, all for testing required before . . . → Read More: Does Your Health Insurance Cover Everything You Think It Does? Reminder: If you are self-employed, don’t forget that you are entitled to take your health insurance premiums as an “above the line” tax deduction. With the killer cost of health insurance for the self-employed, it is one small (very small!) thing that Uncle Sam does to help make your health insurance costs more affordable. In . . . → Read More: Tax Season Reminder: The Health Insurance Tax Deduction for the Self-Employed As we mentioned in our previous blog about COBRA eligibility, being laid off from your job does not automatically make you eligible for COBRA health insurance continuation. Most notably, COBRA health insurance continuation does not apply to small businesses with fewer than 20 employees, unfortunately. This obviously has the potential to leave a large segment . . . → Read More: Not Eligible for COBRA? What About Mini-COBRA Health Insurance? That’s the question we’re asking today after reading entrepreneur Adriana Herrera’s story of what happened to her after a recent car accident: Why didn’t I go to the doctor? Well, I don’t have health insurance. I’ve always been a healthy person, and at the time I priced out health insurance I felt as though the . . . → Read More: What Would You Do Without Health Insurance? If you are self-employed, don’t forget that you are entitled to take your health insurance premiums as an “above the line” tax deduction. With the killer cost of health insurance for the self-employed, it is one small (very small!) thing that Uncle Sam does to help make your health insurance costs more affordable. In order . . . → Read More: Tax Season: The Health Insurance Tax Deduction for the Self-Employed We’ve talked to some folks who are shocked at the idea that there could be as many as 50 million Americans without health insurance. Who are they?, they wonder. Well, if you’ve ever wondered who is uninsured, don’t be surprised if some of them turn out to be your friends, family or neighbors: Audrey’s got . . . → Read More: Is Your Neighbor Secretly Uninsured? We read this article about Melissa Littlewood, a small-business owner who voted for Mitt Romney, and we’re still scratching our heads: Littlewood knows from personal experience that the health care system’s status quo is no good. She has owned an automotive accessory business for 34 years. She said her company’s group health insurance policy, which . . . → Read More: Why Does a Romney Supporter Want Obamacare? We might have to say “yes” after reading dancer and writer Kimberly Dawn Neumann’s saga of her health insurance after a knee injury: I went on COBRA for the first time. And holy what? It was like $650 per month. How on earth was I supposed to pay for that and a Manhattan apartment? I . . . → Read More: Are We All Just Slaves to Health Insurance? If you’ve ever tried to buy health insurance with a pre-existing condition, you know how hard it is. But if you haven’t, try this little experience which outlined in a blog on ScholarsandRogues.com by Samuel Smith: Just for fun, pick up the phone. Call any health insurance provider – Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kaiser, United, . . . → Read More: Have You Tried to Buy Health Insurance With a Pre-Existing Condition? |
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