Tyler Foster
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Some New York Medicaid adults who apply before Jan. 1 or renew before March 1, 2027 get 12 months of coverage if eligible, state and Westchester County say
New York is giving some Medicaid adults a full year of coverage before a new six-month renewal cycle begins, if the application comes before Jan....
Sliced bacon averaged $6.605 a pound in August, down from $7.208 a year earlier, Bureau of Labor Statistics price data show
Sliced bacon averaged $6.605 a pound across U.S. cities in August, down from $7.208 a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That...
Wellcare says it has nearly 10 million members in its Medicare drug plans
Wellcare, the Medicare brand of insurer Centene, says its standalone Medicare drug plans have nearly 10 million members across all 50 states. The figure comes...
Alignment Health expands its California Medicare Advantage plans into Kern, Kings and Tulare counties
Alignment Health said on Oct. 7 that its Medicare Advantage plans will reach Kern, Kings and Tulare counties in California on Jan. 1, 2027, bringing...
The Railroad Retirement Board says it has no additional information on the $90 Medicare rebate
The Railroad Retirement Board has posted a notice saying it has no additional information about the $90 Medicare Part B premium rebate the Administration announced...
ARMs hit their biggest share of rate locks in nearly four years, ICE says
Adjustable-rate mortgages made up more than 11 percent of mortgage rate locks in the latest data from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the largest share in nearly...
Clover Health keeps 203 counties for 2027, with a $0-to-low-premium Medicare Advantage PPO
Clover Health says its 2027 Medicare Advantage plans will be sold in 203 counties across five states, the same footprint as 2026, and that the...
Homeowners who switched insurers saved $440 a year compared with those who stayed with their carrier, ICE’s Mortgage Monitor finds
Homeowners who switched insurance companies over the past year cut their payments by a record 6.6% on average, while those who stayed with their carrier...
Carter Federal Credit Union breach settlement claims are due Nov. 19
People whose Social Security, account or card numbers sat in files taken from Carter Federal Credit Union in June 2025 have until Nov. 19, 2026...
Humana is cutting or ending the Part B giveback for most of its Medicare Advantage members in 2027, Leerink analysts estimate
Humana cut or eliminated the Part B premium giveback for 62 percent of its Medicare Advantage members in its 2027 plans, according to Whit Mayo,...
Median asking rent for studios to two-bedrooms in the 50 largest metros was $1,699 in August, Realtor.com says
Realtor.com reports that the median asking rent for studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms in the 50 largest U.S. metros was $1,699 in August, down 0.9 percent...
Virginia’s Valley Health lists UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage as accepted only through Sept. 30, 2026
Valley Health, the Winchester, Virginia, hospital system, lists UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage on its accepted-insurance page as “Accepted through 9/30/2026,” and the system says it has...
A quarter-point Fed rate increase at the Oct. 27-28 meeting would add about $9 a month to the median home equity line payment, ICE estimates
A quarter-point Federal Reserve rate increase at the Oct. 27-28 meeting would add about $9 a month to the payment on the median home equity...
Mortgage Investors Group breach settlement claims are due Nov. 19; opt-outs close Oct. 20
Staying in or stepping out is the first choice facing people covered by the Mortgage Investors Group data settlement, and it has to be made...
People told their Social Security or account numbers may have been exposed in the SitusAMC breach have until Nov. 6 to file a settlement claim
A real estate finance services company says files taken from its systems in November 2025 may have held Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and...
Bank customers notified of the Finastra file-transfer data breach have until Nov. 27 to file a settlement claim, with a final hearing set for Dec. 14
A bank software vendor that most of its affected customers never chose has agreed to a $3,125,000 settlement over a 2024 cyberattack, and the deadline...