About
Fred Brock
 Fred Brock is the author of the best-selling Retire on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future (2nd Edition – Times Books/Henry Holt, 2008); Health Care on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Getting Affordable Coverage (Times Book/Henry Holt, 2006); and Live Well on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Achieving Your Financial Freedom (Times Books/Henry Holt, 2005). For more than a decade he was a business editor and columnist at The New York Times. For six years he wrote that paper’s “Seniority” column and was the author of the “Off the Rack” media column prior to that. He has also worked as an editor and reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Houston Chronicle and The Louisville Courier-Journal. He holds an M.Ed. from Temple University and a B.A. in English literature from Hanover College, and has taught undergraduate and graduate reporting and editing at New York University and at Kansas State University, where he held the R.M. Seaton Professional Journalism Chair. He has been a fellow at the Washington Journalism Center, with a concentration in public affairs reporting. He lives in Arizona, where he is an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona's School of Journalism and continues to contribute to The New York Times.
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Health Care on Less Than You Think
“Now, if you're going to title your
book Health Care on Less Than You Think, you'd better have some
real tips on how to lower costs, and this book does.” – Zen
Personal Finance
“A useful guide to maximizing health-care coverage
without breaking the bank. Money-saving maestro Brock examines
the best options for procuring affordable health insurance, suggesting
tactics for successfully dueling with your insurance company,
negotiating with health-care providers, saving on prescription
drugs (one hint: purchase them in Canada) and learning about
the advantages and disadvantages of a Health Savings Account.
With a pragmatic, pro-active tone, he advises on how to shop
for insurance and how to go about planning for your transition
to Medicare.” – Kirkus Reports
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Retire on Less Than You Think
“A valuable new book.” – Jane Bryant Quinn,
Newsweek
“Retire on Less
Than You Think is invaluable.” – Ken
Dychtwald, author of Age Wave and Age Power
“Need some encouragement to think boldly? Get yourself
a copy of Retire on Less Than You Think.” – Dallas
Morning News
“Plenty of helpful and useful material . . . Brock’s
book is well worth reading.” – The Boston Globe
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Live Well on Less Than You Think
“Fred Brock provides the sort of
street-smart, commonsense, take-charge thinking that is too often
missing in financial advice.” – Stephen M.
Pollan, author of
Fire Your Boss and Die Broke
“Former New York
Times columnist
Brock uses ‘financial
freedom’ to full effect, creating a mini-franchise out
of his popular instruction. Live Well on
Less Than You Think is the latest salvo in his anti-hysteria campaign against Americans’ misuse
of money. (see Retire on Less than You
Think, 2004). With his
methods, common sense reigns . . .” – Kirkus
Reports
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Health Care on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide
to Getting Affordable Coverage
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the best insurance options available, offering a one-step guide to
maximizing your coverage while minimizing your costs—with potential
savings of thousands of dollars each year. Drawing on the experiences
of regular Americans and his practical, dollars-driven analysis,
Fred Brock shows how to:
- choose among the health plans and minimize
- costs based on location
shop for coverage when your job does not provide insurance
- assess whether health savings accounts help your budget
- track down the biggest savings on prescription drug costs
- master you insurer's fine print and win battles over payments
- manage Medicare and long-term-care insurance to protect your
retirement savings
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Live Well on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to
Achieving Your Financial Freedom
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you take control of your expenses and essentially give yourself a
raise, making your money go further in today's tight economy. Fred
Brock offers his distinctive brand of savvy, updated thinking, and
real-world examples about how to:
- assess the real money value of your job and your location
- cut expensive habits and pay attention to the little things to
boost your savings
- get to the bottom line on insurance and health care
- manage major expenses, like college tuition and cars
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