Recent content by jaimee

Thanks to both. I found what I needed and I'm following up with my company about continuation insurance.

What is the real story with this? If I retire from work where I currently have healthcare paid for by my employer, and I happen to have a pre-existing condition (or somebody in my family does), can I get insurance through a new carrier that will continue to cover whatever treatment we are...

<<Our annual expenses (including some travel and insurance) are about 3 percent of our nest egg. So as long as we stay frugal, we should be fine, even with our long-term horizon. >> So what is your 3% exactly if you don't mind answering? A lot of us are afraid to jump into ER thinking that what...

Hi, I have been doing some reseach on insurance for pre-existing conditions myself. If you are working with a company and are taking advantage of their group insurance you may be able to buy continued insurance under the same provider as an individual. Do expect rates to be high though. I found...

Thanks to all the suggestions. To address a couple of the postings here, I am not too fond of keeping track of too many investments. I had 10 funds before and I thought it was too much of a pain to keep track of divident reinvestments. I have read other posts where people just get paid cash for...

Do like I do: Tell nobody what you have and claim to be in debt too.

Two weeks ago I cahsed out all invesments I had in taxable mutual fund accounts.  This was a planned thing.  The trigger was the fact that the market seemed at a pretty decent high and I was already sick of the ultra-high fees associated with my invesments (think almost 2% on a an SP500 equity...

Don't blame you if you don't want to but would you mind share at least a ballpark picture of your financial situation? Only reason is that a lot of ER wannabes are skeptical or even afraid of taking the plunge and sometimes looking at others that *have done it* helps us in moving one way or the...