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The HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Open enrollment is no one’s idea of a good time, but health coverage is a crucial part of your financial health. Whether you’re getting insurance through an employer or the Affordable Care Act marketplace, it’s important to ask the right questions before you choose a plan for 2024. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Millennial Money: The questions you aren’t asking (but should) during open enrollment
By KATE ASHFORD OF NERDWALLET
Thu,10/12/23-8:36PM , 208 Reads
Open enrollment is no one’s idea of a good time, but health coverage is a crucial part of your financial health. Whether you’re getting insurance through an employer or the Affordable Care Act marketplace, it’s important to ask the right questions before you choose a health plan for 2024.
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This Nov. 8, 2018 file photo shows a page from the 2019 U.S. Medicare Handbook in Washington. Only 3 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries shop around during open enrollment, according to a 2022 analysis, and only 1 in 10 Medicare Advantage enrollees voluntarily switch plans. But a 2020 analysis of Medicare Advantage plan choices found that more than half of beneficiaries overspent by more than $1,000 due to poor plan selection. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Shopping for Medicare Advantage: 6 pitfalls to avoid
By KATE ASHFORD OF NERDWALLET
Mon,09/25/23-8:35PM , 224 Reads
Only 3 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries shop around during open enrollment, according to a 2022 analysis from KFF, a health policy nonprofit — and only 1 in 10 Medicare Advantage enrollees voluntarily switch plans.
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FILE A couple watches the sun set from a park Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. Research shows that more than 1 in 3 people who divorce in the U.S. are age 50 or older, and 1 in 4 are 65 or older. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Divorce after 60: What happens to your health benefits?
By KATE ASHFORD OF NERDWALLET
Wed,08/30/23-10:53AM , 278 Reads
More than 1 in 3 people who divorce in the United States are age 50 or older, and 1 in 4 are 65 or older, according to a 2022 analysis published in the Journals of Gerontology.
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FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Nearly a quarter of millennials are caregivers for an adult, according to a 2020 AARP survey. And a 2020 survey from insurance marketplace GoHealth found that 1 in 3 millennials are supporting their parents financially, and more than a quarter help manage their parents’ health care. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

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Millennial Money: How to manage caregiving costs for parents while raising kids
By KATE ASHFORD OF NERDWALLET
Thu,08/24/23-2:39PM , 176 Reads
Nearly a quarter of millennials are caregivers for an adult, according to a 2020 AARP survey. And a 2020 report from insurance marketplace GoHealth found that 1 in 3 millennials are supporting their parents financially, and more than a quarter help manage their parents’ health care.
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