09.03.25 Clark’s Streaming Service Update / A Senior Facility Payment Warning

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Today - How Clark saved money solving his streaming dilemma just in time for football season. Also, paying for skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care and long-term care facilities only gets more costly & complicated. Clark has a warning for those trying to navigate the system. Streaming Update: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Senior Facility Payment Warning: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Clark Howard Is Making These Changes to His Streaming TV Strategy Streaming TV Tool: Find Cheapest Way to Stream Your Favorite TV Channels Is the New Sling Select Subscription Tier Worth It? Clark.com - Streaming TV / How To Watch Local Channels Without Cable 4 Things To Know Before You Buy a TV Antenna Making Sense of the Disney, ESPN, Hulu and NFL Streaming TV Headlines 5 Things You Should Re-Shop To Save Money 3 Reasons You Should Never Book a Nonrefundable Hotel Room Automatic Bill Pay: How It Works and How To Do It Safely Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com / Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's great to have you here on the Clark Howard Show.
0:07.5	You know, our mission is to serve you with advice and information that empowers you,
0:12.3	so you make better financial decisions in your life.
0:15.4	And I'm going to begin today's show with an update on how I decided to work out my streaming TV dilemma.
0:25.6	I realized I never explained what I did other than firing YouTube TV, and people want to know
0:33.3	how did I deal with my addiction to football and lower my bills at the same time?
0:40.4	And later, is more and more of us are living longer, paying for nursing home and long-term care
0:46.4	is going to get even more complicated.
0:50.0	If you have a loved one or you're helping a friend try to navigate the system,
0:55.0	I've got something so important to warn you about as the helper
1:00.2	or as the relative of the individual seeking care.
1:05.6	But right now, the streaming update.
1:08.2	So back in the spring, YouTube TV TV which used to be a screaming deal
1:14.7	became so expensive basically $83 a month base so I dumped it and when I went to dump it
1:25.4	they offered to roll back the price for a period of time.
1:30.4	So I said, okay, I'll see what happened.
1:33.7	So I went through that period of time.
1:35.8	And then I dumped them again, and they didn't offer another retention deal.
1:42.6	So then got rid of it.
1:45.0	And so, okay, this is terrible.
1:49.6	Maybe because it was summer, nobody noticed.
1:53.3	Nobody noticed that we had no TV streaming service
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