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If you're a college student who acquires health care through your school, and you're following media coverage this week surrounding President Obama's health care reforms, your head might still be spinning in alarm right now. Right-leaning commentators cooked up some juicy, almost gladiatorial...

It's still October and already schedules are filling up with things to do to prepare for Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas, Hanukkah and more. On top of the normal things that need done -- changing your oil, sending out cards, finding time to work out -- you still need to shop for gifts,...

The quickest way to end the honeymoon stage of your new life together is to get off on the wrong foot when it comes to your new financial life together. Unfortunately for all the effort that many churches and groups put into pre-marital counseling, many miss the mark when it comes to money. If you...

One of the few problems with coupons is that they can lead to overspending. Most of us will clip a superfluous coupon rather than pass it by, if only because of our primal urge to stockpile. Plus it's just too hard to pass up $5 off an anything. No matter whether we need it, or have ever purchased...

What you do in your '20s can have a huge impact on the remainder of your life, on many fronts. But your financial decisions are the ones that will come home to roost. Kiplinger put together a collection of 10 financial commandments for your 20's that provides an excellent go-to guide for making...

When it comes to building up our savings, many of us Americans seem to loathe the challenge. I believe the problem is not that we don't want to save up money for financial security or for a future major purchase. I think the trouble lies mainly in that most of us have just become so entrenched in...