Choosing a Doctor and Health Plan

Club Swine And Your Health Care

By Stuart Schultz

I remember the good old days of freshman year: parties on frat row and in college town, pursuing the highest level of academic achievements late night in the stacks, and the all-you-can-eat cafeteria buffets. It was new... more >

Making the Most of a Trip Back Home

By Lauren Gerber

We all love the trip home. Back to the over-comforted bed; our favorite family pet; long, huge meals; and our parents’ personal TLC fit for an 8-year-old (we love dearly, even if we are almost a quarter of a century years old). But some of us might not be getting as much bang out of our trip home as we could. After all, why leave all of the perks at the door?... more >

Considering Short-Term Health Insurance

By Christopher Schonberger

Here's a common recent grad dilemma: you know that health insurance is theoretically important, but you don't have a job yet or you're about to take a little time off before switching to a new one. Yes, you could try throwing away all sharp objects and locking yourself away in a room, but... more >

How Viable Is DIY Insurance?

By Christopher Schonberger

We've all used WebMD to self-diagnose ourselves (and then subsequently convince ourselves we had Parkinson's). We've all taken echinacea tablets and believed that maybe we'd never get sick again (at least until the next time we got sick)... more >

Understanding Life Insurance

By Joan Mitchell

When your employer breaks out the big box o’ benefits, you may be surprised to see that life insurance is on the table. If you’re like me, you probably thought that life insurance was only for wealthy fat cats and rednecks who want to fake their own death, collect on their policy, and escape to Mexico with their wife (who’s also their aunt).... more >

Choosing a Great Dentist

By Karen Keller

Dental dilemmas aren’t usually the stuff of existential crises—that is, until you feel a shooting pain from a tooth or gum area and think you're going to die…and then you remember that the family dentist is back with... more >

Video: Getting Insurance and Building Credit

By Gradspot.com

Rachel Solomon is the personal finance maven behind a number of articles on Gradspot.com, and she’s recently begun producing a series of money-related videos for SmartMoney geared specifically toward issues affecting recent grads.... more >

Getting Healthcare Without a Job

By Theodore Bressman

Many recent grads who freelance, work for start-ups, or spend their days playing backgammon and other games of leisure do not have health insurance. In fact, a quarter of all Americans in their 20s live without medical insurance of any kind. Hospitals don't... more >

The Grad Olympics

Finding a Great Doctor

By Julie Fishman

When you move to a new city and no longer get to visit the same doctor who knew you since your "hairless" days, it can feel pretty daunting to find a new physician...let alone a dermatologist for your newly developed eczema and a physical therapist for your ultimate frisbee injury. ... more >

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