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Podcast: The Money with Katie Show
Episode: How to Deal with Unexpected Expenses
Description: “Dude, why is being alive so expensive?”—an actual sentence I said aloud to Henah back in January when my dog needed surgery, my husband and I got a giant tax bill, Henah’s travel insurance wouldn’t come through, and a formerly in-network doctor informed her she owed them a large sum since they were now (surprise!) out-of-network. (USA! USA!)One of the rudest awakenings of adulthood is the realization that simply paying for the boring stuff eats up a lot of your income, which can be incredibly demoralizing when you’re trying to make progress.So whic...