Tyler Foster
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Peacock raised the price of every plan, but existing subscribers aren’t charged more until a bill on or after September 17
Every Peacock subscription plan now costs more, with the increase already live for new sign-ups and a second, later date built in for people who...
Oracle’s 30,000 job cuts are the largest of a 2026 layoff wave that has now passed 209,000 workers
Oracle’s decision to eliminate roughly 30,000 positions this year now stands as the single largest job cut of 2026, a reduction equal to nearly one-fifth...
Congress returns September 14 with four Social Security bills waiting, including plans to lift the payroll tax cap
Congress returns from its August recess on September 14 with four Social Security bills already sitting in committee, each proposing a different fix for a...
Naming a representative payee lets a trusted person manage Social Security checks for someone who no longer can
When an aging parent’s memory starts to fail, or an adult child’s disability makes it impossible to track a monthly budget, the Social Security Administration...
A high-deductible Medigap plan can slash the monthly premium for a healthy retiree
A retiree shopping for Medigap Plan G in 2026 faces a fork most comparison charts gloss over. The standard version pays nearly every Medicare-covered cost...
Medicare covers anti-rejection drugs for life after a kidney transplant
A kidney transplant does not end a patient’s need for immunosuppressive drugs — it starts a lifelong prescription that, for one group of Medicare enrollees,...
In the year you retire, a monthly earnings test lets you collect a full Social Security check even after a high-earning start
A worker who earns $37,000 in the first half of 2026 and stops working might assume Social Security will withhold every remaining check, since the...
Social Security’s special minimum benefit lifts checks for long, low-wage careers
For a shrinking group of retirees who spent decades in low-paying jobs, Social Security has built in a backstop most beneficiaries never hear about: the...
Higher-income retirees pay an extra Medicare drug-plan surcharge set by their tax return from two years earlier
Fewer than one in ten Medicare beneficiaries pays more for prescription drug coverage than the sticker price listed by their plan, but for that minority...
A special Medicare plan for people on both Medicare and Medicaid can wipe out most out-of-pocket costs
Federal law makes it illegal for a doctor’s office, hospital or pharmacy to bill certain Medicare patients for anything at all, yet regulators keep issuing...
Medicare’s telehealth coverage is not ending September 30 — the rules are funded through 2027
A September 30 deadline has been circulating among Medicare beneficiaries as the day telehealth coverage disappears, but that date has nothing to do with virtual...
Fake security-alert scams are draining older Americans’ life savings, with reports of $100,000-plus losses up nearly sevenfold since 2020
Reports of business and government impersonation scams costing older Americans more than $100,000 apiece climbed nearly sevenfold between 2020 and 2024, according to a federal...
State officials are warning that “tariff rebate” texts promising a $2,000 check are a scam, because no such payment has been approved
State officials in Idaho are warning residents that text messages promising a $2,000 “tariff rebate” check are fraudulent, timed to exploit real political chatter about...
A bill would let disabled workers collect Social Security during the five-month wait that now leaves them with no check
A bipartisan bill introduced in both chambers of Congress this year would let Social Security Disability Insurance recipients start collecting benefits immediately after approval, instead...
Medicare will post the full 2027 plan prices in mid-to-late September, the first real chance to compare next year’s costs before open enrollment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will publish the complete slate of 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D plan prices in mid-to-late September, the...
The letter that spells out your 2027 Medicare changes lands by September 30, and ignoring it can lock you into a costlier plan
One envelope lands in every Medicare Advantage and Part D enrollee’s mailbox no later than September 30, and what it says determines whether 2027 coverage...