Why to Question Your Bills, and Making the Most of a Raise

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Question your bills. Otherwise, you might be paying more than you need to for things like healthcare, car insurance and even bar tabs. To start off this episode, Liz and Sean talk about how to scrutinize your bills. Then they answer a listener’s money question about how to manage their finances after getting a big raise, including balancing saving for retirement and paying down debt — and how to avoid lifestyle creep. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Timestamps: This Week in Your Money segment: 0:00 - 7:42 Money Question segment: 7:43 - 24:50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.8	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where we answer your personal finance questions
0:38.2	and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money. I'm Sean Piles. And I'm Liz
0:43.3	Weston. To send the Nerds Your Money questions, call or text us on the Nerd Hotline at 901 730 6373. That's
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1:04.5	This episode, Liz and I answer a listener's question about how to manage a change in income.
1:09.5	But before we get into that, in this episode's This Week in Your Money segment, we're talking
1:13.7	about why you should question everything, at least when it comes to what you're being asked
1:17.8	to pay.
1:18.9	For medical bills, restaurant tabs, and even your insurance, it's worth giving everything
1:23.6	you're expected to pay a little more scrutiny.
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