Tyler Foster
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Medicare negotiated prices on 10 of its costliest drugs for the first time — seniors on some will pay less than half, and insulin is capped at $35
A Medicare enrollee filling a monthly prescription for Eliquis, one of the most commonly prescribed blood thinners in the country, has been paying a price...
Gold has jumped 41% in a year and central banks can’t stop buying — the metal is now outrunning the S&P 500 and the cash sitting in your savings account
In May 2025, an ounce of gold fetched roughly $2,350 on the London Bullion Market. Twelve months later, spot prices have pushed past $3,300, a...
The tax break on home-sale profits hasn’t risen since 1997 — and now a growing share of ordinary sellers owe capital gains tax just for selling their own house
A couple in Denver who bought their house for $180,000 in 1998 could sell it for north of $650,000 today, based on Colorado’s FHFA House...
A record 2,600 programs now offer first-time buyers an average $18,000 toward a down payment — and most of that money goes unclaimed every year
A first-time buyer in Texas puts 6% down on a $340,000 house. That is $20,400 out of pocket before closing costs. A state housing finance...
Anyone whose mortgage was serviced by Lakeview Loan could claim up to $5,000 from a data-breach settlement — the deadline to file is June 22
If Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC handled your mortgage between late October and early December 2021, your personal and financial data may have been exposed in...
The two most popular premium credit cards just raised their annual fees again — Amex Platinum to $895 and Chase Sapphire Reserve to $795, even as more cardholders carry debt
The American Express Platinum Card now costs $895 a year. The Chase Sapphire Reserve costs $795. Both fees took effect in early 2026, and both...
Fake QR codes slapped on parking meters are quietly draining drivers’ bank accounts — police in dozens of cities now warn to pay only through the official app
You walk up to a parking meter, spot a QR code on the housing, and scan it. The page that loads looks like a city...
The burger on your next restaurant receipt is about to cost more — McDonald’s and Chipotle both warn beef prices will climb again this year
A McDonald’s Big Mac now runs between roughly $5.50 and $6.50 in most U.S. markets, according to franchise menu boards (McDonald’s does not publish a...
Credit card rewards hit a record $47.5 billion last year — but they’re largely bankrolled by the interest paid by the half of cardholders who can’t clear their balance
Picture two neighbors, both swiping the same credit card at the same grocery store. One pays her bill in full when the statement arrives and...
Insurers are about to drop nearly 3 million seniors from Medicare Advantage plans — the first enrollment decline since 2010, even as average premiums fall to $14
For 15 consecutive years, Medicare Advantage enrollment moved in only one direction: up. Every year since 2010, more seniors chose the privately run alternative to...
Crypto scammers stole a record $11.3 billion last year — and most victims were reeled in by a single “wrong number” text that slowly turned into a fake romance
The text that cost one Massachusetts resident their life savings arrived on a Tuesday afternoon. “Hey, are we still on for dinner tonight?” it read,...
Rents are falling fastest across the Sun Belt, down nearly 6% in Austin — while Midwest and Northeast tenants are paying about 5% more than a year ago
A one-bedroom apartment in Austin, Texas, rented for an estimated median of about $1,100 per month as of the Apartment List May 2026 report, according...
Health insurance just got brutal for millions who buy their own coverage — the average ACA premium more than doubled this year, from $888 to $1,904, after subsidies expired
Open your health insurance bill for 2026, and the number staring back might make you do a double take. For a 55-year-old self-employed consultant earning...
Americans lost billions to scams last year — but banks reimbursed only a fraction of Zelle and wire-transfer fraud, leaving most victims to swallow the loss themselves
When the phone rang, the caller ID showed her bank’s name. The voice on the line said he was from the fraud department, that someone...
80% of companies that adopted AI cut jobs this year — and a new study finds the layoffs haven’t actually boosted profits at most of them
Companies rushed to cut headcount after rolling out artificial intelligence tools. For most of them, the payoff never arrived. The headline claim that 80% of...
Scam victims are now getting hit a second time — con artists posing as government agents promise to recover the money you already lost, for an upfront “fee”
The first scam cost you money. The second one starts with a phone call that sounds like the answer to everything: a person claiming to...