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Posted
Sep 03 2009, 09:00 AM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
One of the pleasures of reading Sports Illustrated is the brief weekly feature called "Sign of the Apocalypse."
We think SI nailed it with this "sign": "A Long Island company is offering insurance to fantasy football owners that allows them to recoup their league fees if a player on their team gets hurt."
Could anyone possibly think this is a good idea? Let's see.
Bing: Fantasy football rankings
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Posted
Aug 05 2009, 05:49 PM
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Teresa Mears
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Until recently, you didn't need to bring a lot of money when you visited the doctor, at least if you had health insurance. That is changing, The Wall Street Journal reports. More doctors are demanding your full co-pay and co-insurance amount up front, which can be hundreds or thousands of dollars under some high-deductible plans.
Insurance policies with increased co-pays and deductibles are making the patient responsible for a larger share of medical bills. In turns, doctors and hospitals, which used to focus on getting their fees from insurance companies, are also focusing on collecting from their patients.
"The days of coming up with just a $10 co-pay -- that ship sailed a long time ago," Jeff Drasnin, a pediatrician in the Cincinnati area, told The Wall Street Journal. Collecting at time of service has "cut out a tremendous amount of bad debt we used to write off," he says.
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Posted
Aug 03 2009, 04:13 PM
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Teresa Mears
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
We often plan ahead for health issues when we travel to exotic places, but we don't think about what we'd do if we needed health care while visiting Grandma two states away.
Lesley Alderman of The New York Times, who jammed her toe tripping over a tree root at Disneyland, reminds us that getting sick or hurt can really cut into your vacation budget, especially if you don't follow your insurance company's rules. Getting treatment for a minor injury out of network can cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars.
She advises travelers to carry their insurance cards with them and to call the insurance company before seeking treatment. The company can tell you which doctors and hospitals are part of the network in the place you're visiting.
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Posted
Jul 27 2009, 07:56 AM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
This guest post comes from "vh" at Funny about Money.
How much do you figure your neighbor's dog (cat, parrot, boa constrictor, tame alligator) costs you? I have to say, I expect my own pets to be destructive and figure the repair bills to be part of the cost of doing business. But one thing we tend not to budget for is the depredations of other people's critters.
While M'hijito's roommate was in Singapore visiting his relatives and hustling for a job, he left his brand-new Infiniti parked in the driveway (Roommate is the scion of a ridiculously wealthy family).
Quick backstory: Some time back, Roommate became enamored of a cat belonging to the old guy who lives in the house behind M'hijito's place. He took to feeding and watering the beast, much to M'hijito's disgust (it uses the vegetable garden as its litter box), and he has thought of it as "his" cat. In his absence, the cat has taken up residence on top of the Infiniti, where it sleeps at night, out of reach of hunting coyotes and stray pit bulls.
So the other day as M'hijito was headed out to work, he noticed a couple of brown mounds on top of the Infiniti. On closer inspection ... oops! Cat mounds!
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Posted
Dec 18 2008, 01:29 PM
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Karen Datko
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Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
America's criminals apparently aren't aware of the phenomenal discounts available this holiday season on flat-screen TVs. Crooks are breaking into restaurants and bars and taking huge but lightweight TVs right off the walls. One establishment, Kayson's Bar and Grill in Smyrna, Ga., has been hit three times in the three weeks it's been in business, a TV station reports. Those bad guys were videotaped, as were the bozos who stole TVs from the Irish Bred Pub in Hapeville, Ga.
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Posted
Nov 11 2008, 02:13 PM
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Karen Datko
Filed under: insurance, Consumer Affairs, home insurance, auto insurance, car insurance, insurance companies, insurance rates, homeowners insurance, life insurance, insurance claims, save money
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
This post comes from Mark Huffman at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com.
When it comes to selecting the right insurance policy, consumers need as much clear, concise information as possible. A study released by the Consumer Federation of America suggests they aren't getting it from their states.
The study also found that state insurance department Web sites in six states were "excellent," while those in 18 states were deemed to be "inadequate."
CFA is sending the report to all state insurance departments with a personal letter urging the states whose Web sites are not yet excellent to make improvements.
"At a time when consumers are under increasing financial pressure, state insurance departments can do their part by making available current information about the rates, solvency, and complaints of individual insurers as well as tips for consumers to use to secure fairer and faster claims settlements," said J. Robert Hunter, CFA's director of insurance and a former Texas insurance commissioner. "And it's essential that insurance departments widely publicize the availability of their Web sites and related information."
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