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  • Most U.S. doctors get paid for each test or procedure they perform. But Massachusetts is considering becoming the first state to pay a flat fee for each patient doctors see. Joel Rose reports.

  • Curtis Larson and his daughter Erin Anderson look back at the way he let the kids in the family take responsibility for their own money, even if they made mistakes.

  • Veterans display their medals.
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    A new GI Bill took effect this summer. In commemoration of Veterans Day this coming week, Tess Vigeland takes a look at the new bill, the thousands of people who are affected by it, and the backlog it has created.

  • Most couples hate to face questions about money. But Jacquette Timmons, author of the book "Financial Intimacy," says sharing money woes can actually be romantic.

  • Oregon's West Linn High School.
    Tess Vigeland

    Tess Vigeland pays a visit to her old high school just outside Portland, Ore., to learn how teachers are now instructing students about money, and why more schools don't provide financial education.

  • Nov 7, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
    Marketplace

    Business columnist Sheryl Harris of the Cleveland Plain Dealer helps Tess Vigeland tackle your money questions — from what should be done with old financial documents to how a college student should handle a billing mix up.

  • A credit card is swiped through machine at a Chicago toy store.
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    Ken Lin, CEO of CreditKarma.com, talks about how to handle your credit cards, especially now that companies are hiking interest rates, cutting credit lines and imposing new fees.

  • In their new memoir, "The Kids Are All Right," Liz and Diane Welch chronicle how the death of their parents, and the financial mess left behind, led them to have different outlooks on money.

  • For kids who are in and out of foster care, learning about money can be especially difficult. Steve Chiotakis pays a visit to Pathways L.A., a program that teaches foster kids about living on their own.

  • Andrea Domanick, a senior at Wesleyan University, talks about the importance of parents teaching their kids about money.