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Social Security & Medicare

Insurers are dropping Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, and nearly 3 million older Americans may be forced to switch

A second straight year of Medicare Advantage retreat is taking shape, and this time the numbers are large enough to reshape open enrollment. Humana has confirmed it will exit plans covering roughly 600,000 members for 2027, and it is not alone; across the industry, an estimated nearly 3 million older Americans face forced disenrollment as […]

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Social Security & Medicare

Insurers are dropping Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, and nearly 3 million older Americans may be forced to switch

A second straight year of Medicare Advantage retreat is taking shape, and this time the numbers are large enough to reshape open enrollment. Humana has confirmed it will exit plans covering roughly 600,000 members for 2027, and it is not alone; across the industry, an estimated nearly 3 million older Americans face forced disenrollment as […]

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Banking & Credit Cards

Fraud & Scams

Amazon Flex drivers who never cashed an FTC refund check are now being paid again by Zelle

The Federal Trade Commission is making another pass at getting money to Amazon Flex drivers, this time by depositing Zelle payments straight into the bank...

Fraud & Scams

Jean Joseph got 20 years for running a $50 million Ponzi scheme from inside a federal prison

A Boca Raton man who kept a $50 million investment fraud running while sitting in a federal prison cell was sentenced this month to 20...

Bank Accounts & Fees

An overdraft fee is back near $27, but turning off debit overdraft can save it entirely

The typical overdraft fee is hovering right around $27, close to where it has sat for years, after a federal rule that would have capped...

Fraud & Scams

Kroger’s $17 million pharmacy-savings settlement repays members who overpaid, with a December 21 claim deadline

Kroger has agreed to pay $17 million to settle a class action claiming its pharmacies overcharged insured customers on prescriptions, and shoppers who qualify have...

Fraud & Scams

The FTC is automatically mailing $23.8 million to about 640,000 Grubhub drivers and customers

The Federal Trade Commission has started sending more than $23.8 million to 640,038 Grubhub drivers and customers, money that arrives on its own with no...

Fraud & Scams

Federal law lets you freeze your credit for free to block new-account fraud

A single stolen Social Security number can turn into a credit card, an auto loan, or a store account opened in a victim’s name, and...

Retirement & Taxes