Blog Archive: April 2006
Welcome to Ilyce Glink's blog! Here you'll find Ilyce's latest insights on personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer issues. Come back often for timely and interesting posts on a wide variety of topics.
Added April 2, 2006 by Ilyce Glink
Okay, folks. This year we are going to make a concerted effort to get Medicare to STOP putting social security numbers on Medicare cards. Moreover, we're going to push to stop having Medicare-related service providers from requiring that you give your SSN everytime you want a refill on a…
Topics:
consumer complaint,
social security,
health insurance,
medicare
Added April 2, 2006 by Ilyce Glink
Many insurance companies are now offering some form of identity theft insurance along with a homeowner's insurance policy. If you want to know if your insurance company offers it, call your company or agent directly.
Here are some companies offering ID Theft Insurance: State Farm (www.statefarm.com…
Topics:
identity theft,
insurance
Added April 2, 2006 by Ilyce Glink
Many insurance companies are now offering some form of identity theft insurance along with a homeowner's insurance policy. If you want to know if your insurance company offers it, call your company or agent directly.
Here are some companies offering ID Theft Insurance: State Farm (www.statefarm.com…
Topics:
identity theft,
insurance,
fraud,
consumer advice
Added April 2, 2006 by Ilyce Glink
As I was on the show this morning, I found myself getting pretty annoyed with the whole ENERGY STAR program. If you really want to save money on your energy bills, you may need to do an energy audit from an inspector with the right credentials. I had one done a few weeks ago and while I wasn't…
Topics:
real estate advice,
home inspection,
green,
home improvement,
contractor,
energy star