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Tracy Fjeseth's avatar

SO many people have no idea that some of their most overwhelming medical bills can be significantly reduced through existing programs that are specifically designed to help. Learning from you, I suggested to a chronically ill friend she ask her clinic what they could do. Turns out: a lot. They could cover almost all of her scans and tests, as well as a hefty portion of her treatments. (Some of which she was foregoing, because she couldn't afford them.) Like you said: aaaaasssskk!

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Amy - The Tonic's avatar

That one reader who said the Ally link worked on desktop but not phone was me, and I’m here to tell you that the $1k minimum deposit is only for the investment account, not the savings account. There is no minimum at all for the savings account; you just have to make three months in a row of automatic deposits, of any amount, before they give you the $100. It’s easy peasy! Thanks Kira for turning us on to that, and I hope you get your $50 soon.

I wanted to also say that my husband has called Sirius XM every year politely threatening to cancel because their fees keep going up (this year it would have been $22/month), and they keep extending his subscription for $5/month, no joke. Year after year. It just takes a phone call, folks.

Another hot tip from hot husband: if you have Amazon Prime and were promised two-day shipping but your item comes on the third day or later, call to complain. They typically extend your Prime membership by one month! One year, he called to complain each time this happened and we got like another seven months out of our Prime membership.

Kira’s right - all you have to do is ask, or gently complain. No need to be an asshat!

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