Over the year, this couple will pay $6,348 in health insurance premiums. What they pay toward deductibles will depend on how much healthcare they require. However, if the healthier spouse only uses preventive care as is typical for her, it is possible the couple will pay no more than his...
Controlling for covariates at both individual and couple levels, supplemental insurance has significant impact on depression, but the pattern differs by race. White couples report the highest depression when neither spouse is covered by private health insurance; African-American couples report the highest...
It’s likely the first thing most married couples think about is health insurance. Check to see what benefits are available to you and your family and at what cost—be sure to take note of the offerings beyond medical, like life insurance, dental, and disability insurance. Then, talk wi...
Some cultures practice trial marriage; the couple lives together before deciding whether they should marry. Societies have generally prescribed where newlywed couples should live: In patrilocal cultures, they live with or near the husband's family; in matrilocal ones, with or near the wife's ...
That gives them a starting advantage over their peers who aren’t married. Once they are married, the couples also are able to take advantage of economies of scale – anything from buying just one dishwasher to relying on one another’s health insurance. That allows them to build wealth more...
A married couple in which both spouses are over 50 and with a 401(k) account at work could potentially defer paying income tax on as much as $61,000 in a single year. However, if you can't afford to max out your 401(k) accounts, you need to be more strategic in how you save...
Unmarried women who are too young to be covered by Medicare are less likely to have health insurance than women their age who are married, according to The Future of Children report. Married adults were more likely to be insured, particularly by private health coverage, than those who wer...
Married couples have bigger choices when it comes to family health insurance and most companies have family options where you pay less but the coverage is more. Other practical reasons to get married Now that we are aware of the benefits of getting married, you’d think that these are just ...
A “We,” as shown in Figure 1, is a married couple but can also include cohabiters or other intimate non-married couple arrangements. This is a relationship that is not intimately connected to any other relationships at the same profound level as they are connected to one another. Here ...
Financial issues to research prior to same-sex marriage are listed including the right to inherit, income tax, and health insurance. The article looks specifically at same-sex couple Marc Wernick and David Gerson of New York.JacobsDeborah