Have you found a way to save money on health care? MONEY magazine would like to hear about it.
Despite recent government efforts, health care costs are taking a bigger bite out of your wallet every year. Whether you're a family with kids, struggling with a chronic ailment, or trying to stick to a budget after retirement, chances are you feel the pinch every time you pay your insurance premium or walk into a doctor's office.
In a forthcoming story, MONEY will give dozens of tips for readers at every stage of life on how to lower their medical bills. As part of that article, we want to include stories from different people about actions they've taken. We'd love to include your experiences — and wisdom — to supplement the strategies we're covering in our pages. Some examples of things people can do to lower their costs:
If you'd like to share your story with MONEY and its readers about your health care costs — and what strategies you've used to lower the tab — please fill out the confidential form below.
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Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Well, here's your chance.
In MONEY magazine's "Readers to the Rescue" department, we publish questions from readers seeking help with sticky financial situations, along with advice from other readers on how to solve those problems. Here's our latest reader question:
What's the proper thing to do in the case of a parent leaving your sibling out of a will?
Got a good MORE
Mar 30, 2012 10:58 PM ET
Do you have a burning question about family, friends, colleagues, and your finances? Here's your chance to get some great advice.
In "Readers to the Rescue," a feature that runs in each issue of MONEY, the magazine answers people's tough questions about money, manners and ethics. One recent question, for example, was from a man wondering how he could teach his college-age daughters to be financially independent. Someone else wanted to MORE
Mar 27, 2012 1:39 PM ET
Investors wielding cash are reviving sales volume in the housing market — but at a price.
As the National Association of Realtors noted last week, all-cash sales accounted for 31% of December existing-home purchases. All that bargain hunting drove sales of existing homes up 5% for the month, NAR says.
A steady pace of sales is critical to the housing market's recovery, of course, because we need to clear all those foreclosures and MORE
Lisa Gibbs - Jan 23, 2012 12:01 PM ET
What are the smartest financial moves you've recently made in these tough economic times? MONEY magazine wants to know.
In a forthcoming story, MONEY will highlight key moves that investors, savers, workers, and property owners can make to shore up their finances and take advantage of opportunities in this sluggish economy.
As part of that article, we want to include stories from different people about actions they've taken to improve their personal MORE
Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM ET
Are you a retiree who would like a free makeover of your investment portfolio by a top financial professional? MONEY magazine would like to help.
If you are in your 50s or 60s and are comfortable sharing details about your life situation and personal finances for publication, we'd love to hear from you.
For a story that will run in an upcoming issue, the magazine will pair different families with a financial MORE
Oct 22, 2011 12:52 PM ET
For a story that will run in MONEY's January/February 2012 issue, the magazine will be pairing different families with a financial planner for a free portfolio makeover. In each case, a professional adviser will suggest a new investment plan tailored to the family's goals and financial situation, and be able to address other financial concerns.
We'd like to find families soon, so if you think you'd like to participate, please send MORE
Oct 15, 2011 11:12 AM ET
Do you have a story to tell about how someone sold you a Medicare plan? MONEY magazine would like to hear about it.
For people who will be covered by Medicare next year, it's almost time to pick a plan. If you or a relative uses Medicare for health coverage, you'll need to be wary of marketing programs that could persuade you to make a bad choice.
Three years ago, in response MORE
Oct 12, 2011 8:56 AM ET
(Update, Oct. 10: If you submitted a suggestion before Oct. 9, please re-send! Because of a technical glitch, many of your responses were deleted by our system.)
Got a trick for getting great customer service? We'd like to write about it in a forthcoming issue of MONEY magazine.
If you regularly run into rude behavior, or simply a lack of friendly service, from the companies you do business with, you're definitely not MORE
Oct 10, 2011 8:00 AM ET
Come back in a few days for more extras from our financial values survey: A reader gallery, a video exploring people's shifting attitudes, and a quiz for you to take!
Since 2008, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression has dramatically changed the way millions of families manage their money and their lives.
Now, more than three years after the collapse of financial institutions, stock prices, and home values, enough time MORE
Sep 29, 2011 8:14 AM ET
Do you have a money challenge you need help solving or a financial goal you need help reaching? MONEY magazine may be able to help.
For the magazine's regular "Financial Fix" feature, we're looking for families who would like a free consultation with a financial planner to address their money-related problems and concerns. Participating families must be comfortable with sharing details of their financial life in the magazine, and they will MORE
Sep 24, 2011 9:30 AM ET
For an upcoming story about the challenges of running a family business, MONEY magazine is looking for married couples who work side-by-side in their own business.
Specifically, we're looking for husbands and wives in the U.S. who each work full-time in an operation that is their primary source of income, and has had at least $100,000 in sales over the prior year. Our preference is for a business with no additional MORE
Sep 10, 2011 2:20 PM ET
Did the economic meltdown of 2008-2009 change how you handle your finances? Have some of your financial priorities and beliefs shifted as well? MONEY magazine wants to know.
For a forthcoming story in the magazine, we'd like to interview people about how the downturn of two years ago changed people's lives – and how it didn't. After the economy and the markets collapsed, did you vow to change your personal financial MORE
Aug 20, 2011 2:30 PM ET
More and more, getting a good value on tickets to movies and sporting events feels like an unwinnable contest. The average price of a movie ticket has increased 23% over the last five years — double the rate of inflation. The average price of a baseball ticket rose at least 10% over last year in four Major League markets. Want to save more on sports and entertainment? Here's your game plan:
Movies
Go MORE
Daniel Bortz - Aug 3, 2011 3:54 PM ET
Investing in energy-efficient home technology is like buying a home gym: Though you may be tempted by the promise of a long-term payoff, it's easy to be turned off by the upfront cost. "That's really what the challenge is — to move customers to action," says Stephen Cowell, CEO of Conservation Services Group, a company that works with utilities and conservation groups to improve energy efficiency.
You can overcome this inertia, however, by MORE
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