# Could a $15,000 Deductible, Rising Grocery Bills, and Medical Debt All Hit You This Year?

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Podcast: [Becoming Financially Confident](https://stenobird.com/podcast/financially-confident-christian-773313)
Published: 2026-08-31T21:15:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.becomingfinanciallyconfident.com/grocery-sticker-shock/
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## Resource

They all sneak up on you, and none of them care how good you are with money. becomingfinanciallyconfident.com/live This is our first ever live episode of Becoming Financially Confident , recorded and released August 31, 2026. In this episode: Why consumer sentiment keeps dropping, and why 77% of people have already changed how they spend day to day Home insurance premium keeps creeping up in a supposedly quiet hurricane season, and his deductible alone could run him $15,000 Standard homeowners insurance doesn't cover flooding. Ralph found that out the hard way with his own farm sitting in a 100 year floodplain Why groceries still feel expensive even though egg prices are down 25% from last year What to do if medical debt shows up on your credit report now that the rules have changed A letter from a listener, who's always been good with money and is still falling behind. Ralph reads it and lays out a real plan Links referenced in this episode: becomingfinanciallyconfident.com becomingfinanciallyconfident.com/quicken annualcreditreport.com becomingfinanciallyconfident.com/ezwill

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