Category Archives: Insurance

Interview: What’s Wrong With Long-term Care Insurance?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Doug Nordman

[Long post today: nearly 3000 words. Take the weekend to read it, and spend some time digging into the links. This analysis may not save your life, but it can certainly save your finances.] A few weeks ago I received … Continue reading →

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Medicare, Tricare For Life, Medigap insurance, and Congress

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Doug Nordman

(Today’s post was inspired by reader Bridget, who also contributed a large portion of the book’s chapter on Reserves and National Guard.  Thanks again, Bridget!) Do military retirees need more medical insurance than Tricare? For the vast majority of us, … Continue reading →

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Military Survivor Benefit Plan – An Overview to Help You Decide if You Should Buy in or Not

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Doug Nordman

This “simple little SBP summary” mutated into a two-part description. Today we’ll cover Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for active-duty retirees and in the next post we’ll cover the Reserve Component SBP. The SBP will cost you up to 6.5% of … Continue reading →

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