Health insurance – One monster hurdle to self-employment

If you’ve ever thought about leaving a job with health insurance for part-time work or self-employment, chances are you were stopped short by the challenge of getting affordable coverage. The cost of private health care is so prohibitive, you probably ran screaming back to your day job, thankful at least for that aspect of it. [...]

Health Savings Accounts – new and improved!

For those of us who don’t have spouses whose employee benefits include health insurance, one of the most vexing problems that comes with self-employment is how to get affordable coverage. New provisions on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) make them a much more attractive option. But do they meet your needs? Here’s the scoop.