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With so many people unemployed right now or working fewer hours than they'd like and maybe looking for different types of work that they can do from home.

One question that keeps coming up is how to handle medical benefits in these transitions.

With the pandemic still raging in many parts of the country

including my home state Florida, this is not the time to be without health

insurance. So no matter if you quit your job, you get fired, you get

furloughed, whatever happens, it's essential to know your rights and your

options so that you can make the most of the perks with the old employer and make the

benefits that you can get in the individual marketplace work to your

advantage. So that's what this show is all about if having medical benefits is important to you stick with me

You're gonna find the notes for each show and the full archive of podcasts in the money girls section at quick and dirty tips.

This is episode number 646 called

your guide to managing medical benefits

when you leave or start a job.

As you know, leaving a job typically means also saying goodbye to workplace benefits.

It could be health insurance, medical spending accounts, a whole suite of perks that you typically

get when you work for medium or larger size companies.

And if you're starting a new job with benefits or you're becoming self-employed,

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