The state of the economy is front and center in virtually every newspaper and newscast. The mortgage meltdown, stock market troubles, job losses, and increasing costs of everything from food to fuel are impossible to ignore. These are trying times for the family finances.
Health care is a major budgetary item and can take quite a bite, but if someone in your household lives with a chronic condition, such as multiple sclerosis, that bite could be a whopper.
In most households, the mortgage or...
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