Tyler Foster
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Anyone on SNAP or Medicaid can cut a phone bill $9.25 a month through Lifeline
A federal telephone and internet subsidy that has run for decades still knocks up to $9.25 a month off the bill for households already enrolled...
When one spouse enters a nursing home on Medicaid, the at-home spouse can keep the house and a car
A stay in a nursing home can cost more than $9,000 a month, and the fear that follows almost every family is the same one:...
Port-out scammers steal your phone number to intercept the codes guarding your bank
A bank account can be drained without a password ever being guessed, because the weakest link is often a phone number rather than a login....
Edward Zimbardi was deported from Fiji and charged in a $165 million crypto Ponzi that wiped out investors
A Georgia man accused of orchestrating a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that drew in thousands of investors was deported from Fiji on August 14...
Bank of America customers hit by the MOVEit data breach can claim up to $100 before October 8
Roughly 200,000 Bank of America customers whose personal information was exposed in the 2023 MOVEit hack now have a way to collect a flat cash...
Chantix users can file a no-document claim from Pfizer’s $44 million settlement before September 14
Anyone who bought the prescription stop-smoking drug Chantix over a roughly six-year stretch has until September 14 to claim a slice of a $44 million...
The FDIC insures $250,000 per depositor, and adding beneficiaries can multiply that after four banks failed in 2026
Four U.S. banks have failed so far in 2026, a reminder that the $250,000 federal insurance limit is the line between a fully protected deposit...
Property assessments can climb even when home values fall, and you can appeal a bill set above market value
A falling home value does not guarantee a falling tax bill. Because assessed values are set on a lag and often trail market swings by...
Five states — Mississippi, Kansas, Oklahoma, Alabama and West Virginia — carry the lowest overall cost of living
Where a retirement dollar stretches furthest is not a matter of opinion in the latest national data. In the first quarter of 2026, Oklahoma, Alabama,...
Most states waive property taxes entirely for veterans rated 100% disabled
For a veteran carrying a 100 percent service-connected disability rating, the single largest recurring housing cost can drop to zero. A clear majority of states...
Homeowners 65 and older can cut hundreds off property taxes with a state circuit-breaker rebate
Many older homeowners never realize their state will send back part of a property-tax bill that swallows too big a share of their income. The...
Six states now freeze seniors’ property taxes, and New Jersey’s program pays up to $6,500
A growing number of states are trying to keep longtime homeowners from being taxed out of the houses they already own, and the most generous...
Medicare’s old Part D “donut hole” coverage gap is gone, so drug costs no longer spike partway through the year
For nearly two decades, Medicare drug coverage carried a notorious trap: the “donut hole,” a mid-year coverage gap that left many older Americans suddenly paying...
Medicare’s free yearly wellness visit is not the full physical many retirees expect
The words “yearly wellness visit” lead many retirees to book what they think is a free head-to-toe physical, then leave puzzled that no one drew...
Medicare Advantage plans are set to trim dental, vision and gym perks for 2027 after insurers called their raise too thin
The extra perks that sold millions of retirees on Medicare Advantage, the dental coverage, vision exams, gym memberships, and grocery or over-the-counter allowances, are heading...
Two nights in the hospital under observation can cost thousands and block nursing-home coverage
A patient can lie in a hospital bed for two, three, even four nights and still never be admitted in the eyes of Medicare. That...
