A dose by any other name works as well — and costs less.
From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance:
Designer labels may excite fashionistas and sports-car fanatics, but many consumers are happy to stock their medicine cabinets with less-expensive generic alternatives to brand-name prescription drugs. Value-conscious shoppers will soon be able to pick from a bumper crop of generics. And they’ll get a boost from insurers and employers who offer financial incentives to hop on the cut-rate bandwagon.
Buying the right insurance could put thousands of dollars in your pocket.
From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance:
Sometimes open-enrollment season for health insurance seems like Christmas in reverse: Instead of a bonus, the packet from your boss tells you how much more you’ll have to pay for coverage in the year ahead.
This is the portfolio of Thomas M. Anderson. He is a journalist who is passionate about telling great business stories. He is an associate editor at Kiplinger's Personal Finance. He specializes in writing about retirement planning and investing.