Medicaid Expansion Under Obamacare
Dollars and Sense, Money, TickerAs Obamacare starts to be implemented nationally, 23 states have signed on for Medicaid expansion, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Medicaid expansion will allow more than 8 million low income to gain access to affordable health…
New Car Shopping Guide: How to Find the Car that’s Right for You
Automotive, Money
The average American keeps a car for 11.4 years. It could be the economy, it could be brand loyalty, and it could be an aversion to pushy salesmen. And with the average cost per auto approaching $30,000, it pays to spend some time considering…
Mamiverse Guide of Rome for Families With Kids
Money, Ticker, Traveling
I live in Italy, and I’ve spent a lot of time in Rome. Now that I’m a mother, I tend to look at things differently than I did pre-parenthood, and that includes how I look at travel. Rome is one of the most historic, fascinating cities…
How Affordable Care Act Affects Hispanics
Money, News & Politics, Ticker
While the government may have shut down October 1st, our phone lines are ringing as people are calling us to get information about what the Affordable Care Act means for them. In each person’s voice there was an urgency that came through.…
How an Internship Can Help Your Career
Money, Work
So you just finished your internship and you have no idea how to stay in touch. The last thing you want to be is that annoying, brown-nosing past intern. Here is the right way to keep a relationship without overdoing it.
Send a thank…
For Latinas On The Go: Television On The Go
Money, Technology
Our mothers and grandmothers had scarce means to keep us, their beloved children, entertained at all times. If we complained about being bored, our options back then were either having some chores assigned to us, or going outside to play with…
10 Reasons Why Moms Make Better Employees
Money, Work
It used to be that moms had to hide their nurturing side from their bosses and perhaps even omit the fact that they had kids in order to be considered for a job. Women still have a long way to go before we reach the same “I can do it all”…
10 Factors that Affect Your Mortgage Rate
Dollars and Sense, Money
You can’t turn on your television, surf the Web, open your mail or read a newspaper without being bombarded with mortgage rate advertising. But who or what sets those rates? Is it the Fed? Individual lenders? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
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How Partial Government Shutdown Affects our Kids
Money, News & Politics
Five federally funded Head Start early childhood programs have stopped offering their services to 5,000 children of low-income families as a result of the partial government shutdown, according to the Washington Post.
Head Start offers early…