Tyler Foster
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Medicare’s 2027 price cuts also reach the cancer drugs Ibrance and Xtandi
Four cancer drugs sit inside the same 2027 Medicare price cuts that lowered the cost of a common inhaler, and two of them treat conditions...
Tariffs are on track to cost the average American household about $700 this year
Tariffs imposed and scheduled through 2026 are on track to cost the average American household about $700 this year, according to an analysis by the...
$994 a month is the new maximum SSI payment for an individual in 2026
The maximum federal Supplemental Security Income payment for a single person climbed to $994 a month in 2026, up from $967 the year before. For...
Medicare’s 2027 price cuts target the COPD inhaler Trelegy
Starting January 1, 2027, Medicare’s prescription drug program will pay a federally negotiated price for Trelegy Ellipta, the once-daily inhaler that millions of older Americans...
$800 will run the average home’s air conditioning this summer, a record
Running the central air through a hot American summer will cost the typical household about $800 in 2026, the highest figure on record and a...
Medicare Advantage plans are cutting grocery allowances and over-the-counter cards for 2027
The grocery allowances, over-the-counter cards, and flexible spending perks that helped sell many Medicare Advantage plans are shrinking for the 2027 plan year. Insurers are...
Crypto-ATM and QR-code scams drained $333 million last year, and people over 60 lost most of it
Bitcoin ATMs were pitched as a convenience for buying digital currency at a gas station or grocery store, but they have become the collection plate...
The FTC is mailing more than 1 million refund checks to customers of the Brigit cash-advance app
More than a million former customers of the Brigit cash-advance app are receiving refund checks this summer, the latest payout from a Federal Trade Commission...
Credit-card delinquencies hit a 15-year high as the average card rate holds near 21%
The share of credit card balances that are seriously past due has risen to a 15-year high, even as the average interest rate on those...
Full-coverage car insurance now averages about $2,496 a year and keeps climbing
The typical driver who carries full-coverage auto insurance now pays roughly $2,496 a year, or about $208 a month, and the figure has been drifting...
New-car payments hit a record $770 a month, and nearly 1 in 5 buyers now pay over $1,000
The average monthly payment on a new car has climbed to a record $770, and nearly one in five buyers who financed a vehicle now...
Freeze your credit for free to block identity thieves from opening accounts in your name
A credit freeze is the strongest free tool an American has to stop identity thieves from opening new accounts, and federal law has made it...
Scammers can hijack your phone number in a “port-out” fraud to intercept your bank codes
A stolen phone number has quietly become one of the fastest routes into an older American’s bank account. In a port-out scam, a criminal poses...
Social Security “verification” texts warning your benefits will stop are 2026’s fastest-growing scam
A text message claiming a retiree must “verify” their information or watch their Social Security benefits stop has become one of 2026’s most aggressive impersonation...
A South Dakota retiree wired more than $200,000 to scammers posing as his bank and the FDIC
An elderly Sioux Falls resident lost more than $200,000 over roughly a month this summer after scammers posing as computer-support staff, the victim’s bank, and...
The FBI warns a three-phase “Phantom Hacker” scam is draining seniors’ entire retirement savings
The FBI is warning that a scam it calls the “Phantom Hacker” is wiping out older Americans’ entire retirement and savings accounts by layering three...