• Health Insurance Benefits: FSA vs HSA

    Let’s talk Health Insurance Benefits! It’s nearly that time of year where we sit down and decide our health coverage for next year, otherwise known as Open Enrollment. If you’re lucky enough to have health insurance benefits through your employer, during Open Enrollment, you may be presented with a variety of plans that your company…

  • How the updated WA State Charity Care Law may save you from medical debt!

    Let’s talk medical costs! ICYMI, as of July 1, the Charity Care Law in WA State has been updated to include many more households in eligibility for financial assistance for out-of-pocket medical costs. Half of WA State residents (about 4M people!) are now eligible for free or discounted hospital care. Read below to learn about…

  • ICYMI: Settled Medical Debt is Leaving Credit Reports!

    Touching on “The Privilege of Paying for our Health” last week brought me a to a new update in the medical/financial realm: Settled Medical Debt is leaving Credit Reports starting this month! This is huge, as Medical Bills are not only the current #1 cause of bankruptcy, but even if they were eventually paid, they…

  • Surviving Covid (or any Health Crisis) Financially Intact!

    As I emerge from the Covid quarantine bubble..I’ve got money & health on the brain! My personal experience with Covid these past couple of weeks (aside from feeling like I’d been hit by a truck!) took me away from my main source of income for several days and, I’m lucky enough to say, did not…