Tyler Foster
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Federal regulators now say a bank may warn a customer when a frozen account is tied to fraud
Five federal banking regulators said this week that a bank or credit union has always been free to tell a customer that a frozen account,...
Scammers now use AI voice clones to fake a grandchild’s emergency call and demand cash
A caller claiming to be a panicked grandchild no longer needs to sound convincing on the fly — artificial intelligence can now generate that voice...
Callers posing as U.S. Marshals are pushing seniors to hand their savings to gold-bar couriers
A caller in Honolulu told an elderly widow this summer that he was a deputy U.S. Marshal, that her Social Security number had been linked...
Fake toll-payment texts are now the fastest-growing government-imposter scam
Fake text messages demanding instant payment for an unpaid highway toll have become the fastest-growing form of government-imposter fraud, and the growth now shows up...
Nearly 7,900 U.S. stores are set to close this year as chains shrink
Retail analysts at Coresight Research now project that nearly 7,900 U.S. stores will close before the end of 2026, a full-year estimate built from the...
Campbell’s is cutting 13% of its workforce as packaged-food sales slump
Campbell’s, the Camden, New Jersey-based maker of soup, Goldfish crackers and Prego sauce, told investors on September 3 that it has cut its salaried workforce...
Health Net is dropping every commercial group health plan in California and Oregon for 2027
Centene subsidiary Health Net confirmed this month that it is exiting the traditional commercial group health insurance market in California and Oregon entirely, ending every...
Medicare’s second round of price cuts trims 15 drugs including Ozempic, saving enrollees about $685 million
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has locked in new negotiated prices for a second group of 15 prescription drugs under the Medicare Drug...
A 2027 rule makes Medicare Advantage plans post who qualifies for their extra benefits
A final rule the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued this spring will force Medicare Advantage insurers to publish, for the first time, the...
Buy a Medigap policy and change your mind, and a 30-day free look gets your money back
Cancel a new Medicare Supplement policy within 30 days of receiving it, and federal guidance says the buyer gets back the full premium paid, no...
A state pharmaceutical assistance program helps low-income seniors cover Part D drug bills
Extra Help, the federal program that cuts Medicare Part D premiums and copays close to zero, stops once a retiree’s income clears $23,940 a year...
Social Security added 14 conditions that can win a disability approval in days, not months
The Social Security Administration added 14 medical conditions to its Compassionate Allowances list on August 11, pushing the fast-track disability roster to 314 diagnoses, four...
Your exact 2027 Social Security raise posts in your online account in December
The Social Security Administration will not hand most retirees their 2027 raise as a single headline percentage first. It will hand it to them individually,...
Uber is cutting about 3,400 jobs, a tenth of its workforce
Uber Technologies is cutting roughly 3,400 corporate jobs, about a tenth of its global workforce, under a restructuring that chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi outlined to...
A Florida hospital giant is dropping every UnitedHealthcare contract December 31, pushing Medicare patients out of network
Lee Health, the largest hospital and physician network in Southwest Florida, is ending every contract it holds with UnitedHealthcare on December 31, 2026, according to...
The August inflation report due September 11 helps set your 2027 Social Security raise, now tracking near 3.6%
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its August Consumer Price Index on September 11, the second of three monthly inflation readings that will fix Social...
