THE HIDDEN COST OF MONEY STRESS
May 20, 2021
4 minutes
BY ROZALYNN S. FRAZIER
PHOTOGRAPH BY
JEFFREY WESTBROOK
THINK “TAKING CARE of your heart” and you might flash to eating salmon and doing HIIT. That’s not wrong. But there’s another factor that may be just as important: managing your financial health.
Even before Covid exploded, plenty of Americans were saddled with debt. Now about two thirds of us are financially unhealthy, meaning we’re struggling with basics like spending less than we make, paying bills on time, having sufficient savings, and dealing with debt, according to the U.S. Financial Health Pulse: 2020 Trends Report. Millions of people risk extreme financial hardship—on the verge of not being able to pay for
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