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How To Properly Dispute A Medical Bill & Save Some Money (+ Billing Dispute Sample Letter)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

With my pregnancy, my husband and I have never felt more familiar to our insurance and medical billing partners. My thankfulness is still an all-time high of course, but insurance is an annoyance on ...

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Everything ‘Married…With Children’ Did That Kept Them Poor

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Does anyone remember that show Married...With Children? I use to watch old reruns of Married...With Children on FOX even though it was a little before my time.I didn’t always get the jokes back then ...

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Getting a Grip in our Household Finances

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Hiya kids,I have a guest post from Kris. I enjoyed reading his My Financial Mistake series so this is kind of like the summary chapter after his financial mistakes. He will go over with you guys how ...

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How To Afford $800 Shoes When You’re $100k in Debt

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

This post was written in aggravation at 3 AM by yours truly.There are barrels of good people out there under a mountain of usurious debt north of six figures. You could argue until the cattle turn ...

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Master List of Budget Categories + FREE Google Budget Download – Version 2

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Budgets should be free. Like fresh air, choice of religion, and water cups at the food court. - MeWe have been using our old Google Docs spreadsheet for over a year now and slowly improved some of its ...

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Saving Money For College Does More Than Pay Tuition #FinHealthMatters

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

The Teen YearsSaving your own money for college does a lot more than just paying the tuition. Spending your own money teaches you about the value of money, provides a safety net, and gives you a ...

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Is Not Having Financial Literacy An Excuse For Being Broke? – Read & Take Our Poll

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

A majority of Americans are financially illiterate. That means if you offered them an 8.56% interest rate on a used car, most of them wouldn't know enough be able to scream and run away ASAP.Is not ...

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How Soapy is Geoarbitraging in China

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

You know what they say: there's more than one way to skin a cat!(No one says this. Who says this? Why is this a saying.)It's a gross way of saying there's more than one way to reach your goal. So if ...

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11 Punchable Financial Crimes According to Me

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I believe most people are good by their default switch.Although I cannot argue the validity of that in particular, it is a subgenre of philosophy that people much smarter than me argued over for ...

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Why You Still Need An Emergency Fund While In Debt

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I write these for my Soapy and all the Soapys we have in our own lives. You can read part of Soapy’s briefing here:Soaps is one of my best friends. She is a remarkable person and a free-spirited, ...

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