Original Medicare covers no routine dental, vision or hearing care
Millions of Americans enrolled in Original Medicare face the full cost of dental cleanings, eyeglasses, and hearing aids out of their own pockets. Federal law bars the program from paying for these routine services, and a bill introduced in the 119th Congress to change that has not advanced. The gap leaves beneficiaries who do not […]
Read MoreOriginal Medicare covers no routine dental, vision or hearing care
Millions of Americans enrolled in Original Medicare face the full cost of dental cleanings, eyeglasses, and hearing aids out of their own pockets. Federal law bars the program from paying for these routine services, and a bill introduced in the 119th Congress to change that has not advanced. The gap leaves beneficiaries who do not […]
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Two nights in the hospital “under observation” instead of admitted can cost thousands and block nursing-home coverage
Medicare beneficiaries who spend two nights in a hospital bed, receive treatment from hospital staff, and sleep in a hospital…
Personal Finance
Insurance & Protection
Two nights in the hospital “under observation” instead of admitted can cost thousands and block nursing-home coverage
Medicare beneficiaries who spend two nights in a hospital bed, receive treatment from hospital staff, and sleep in a hospital…
Markets & Investing
Banking & Credit Cards
Bank Accounts & Fees
Your bank must refund an unauthorized debit-card charge, often within 10 business days
Anyone who has spotted a charge they did not authorize on a debit card knows the panic that follows: the money is already gone from...
Credit Cards & Rewards
Federal law caps what a lost or stolen credit card can cost you at $50
Consumers who lose a credit card or have one stolen face a hard ceiling on what they can be forced to pay for fraudulent charges:...
Bank Accounts & Fees
$250,000 is FDIC-insured per bank, and using several banks covers more
Households holding more than $250,000 in deposits at a single bank risk losing the excess if that institution fails. Federal law caps deposit insurance at...
Fraud & Scams
Circle K will pay $50 to customers whose data was exposed, with claims open until September 3
Massachusetts residents whose Social Security numbers and driver’s license data were exposed in a 2025 breach at Gas Express LLC now face a narrow window...
Fraud & Scams
Urban One’s data-breach settlement pays up to $10,000 for documented losses, or a flat cash payment without receipts
People affected by Urban One, Inc.’s confirmed data breach now face a choice: gather receipts to claim up to $10,000 in documented losses, or accept...
Fraud & Scams
A Wisconsin woman lost more than $400,000 in retirement savings after scammers posing as her investment company told her to buy gold
A Wisconsin woman watched more than $400,000 in retirement savings vanish after scammers impersonating her investment company convinced her to liquidate her accounts and convert...
Real Estate
Mortgages & Rates
Homeowners 62 and older hold a record $14.39 trillion in equity, and the reverse-mortgage limit just rose to $1,249,125
For many older Americans, the largest asset they own is not a brokerage account or a pension. It is the…
Retirement & Taxes
$25,000 in combined income for singles, $32,000 for couples, is when Social Security benefits start getting federally taxed, limits frozen since 1984
Johns Hopkins Medicine is now out of network for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage patients after the two ended their contract
A revocable living trust passes your home and accounts to heirs without the delay and cost of probate
Going without Medicare drug coverage adds a permanent penalty of about 1% for each month you skip it
When your hospital drops your Medicare Advantage plan, you pay out-of-network rates or must switch coverage for the next year
Checking your Social Security earnings record for errors can add hundreds a month to your check for life
Full retirement age finished its climb to 67 this year, and claiming at 62 now locks in a check about 30% smaller for life
Workers can now deduct part of their tip and overtime pay under the new tax law, which raised many spring refunds
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