Tyler Foster
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About 3.2 million teachers, police and public workers are getting bigger Social Security checks and back pay
About 3.2 million retired teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees are seeing larger Social Security payments and, in most cases, a one-time lump...
Humana is dropping Medicare Advantage plans that cover about 600,000 seniors for 2027
Humana told investors on July 29 that it will pull out of a set of Medicare Advantage markets for the 2027 plan year, a retreat...
Top CD rates still pay about 4% while the Fed holds at 3.50% to 3.75%.
The most reliable savings rates in the country still cluster around 4%, with the best certificates of deposit paying roughly that even after the Federal...
A KYB Americas data-breach settlement pays up to $5,000 with documentation, or a flat $75 without, for claims by August 26.
A class-action settlement with automotive-parts manufacturer KYB Americas is paying affected people up to $5,000 with documentation, or an estimated $75 flat payment with none,...
Social Security can now take 50% of a check to claw back an overpayment, but a waiver or a $10-a-month plan can stop it.
The Social Security Administration can now withhold as much as 50% of a monthly retirement, survivor, or disability payment to recover an overpayment it says...
Medicare Advantage’s 2027 pay raise was set at 2.48%, and insurers are expected to trim extra perks in response.
Medicare Advantage insurers will collect roughly $13 billion more from the federal government in 2027 than in 2026, the product of a 2.48% payment increase...
West Hollywood’s minimum wage tops $20.25 an hour in 2026, among the highest local pay floors in the country.
West Hollywood set its citywide minimum wage at $20.25 an hour for 2026, one of the steepest local pay floors anywhere in the country and...
USDA expects food prices to rise about 3.1% in 2026.
The Agriculture Department expects grocery and restaurant prices combined to rise about 3 percent in 2026, a pace that looks calm on the surface and...
The 30-year mortgage rate sat near 6.83% in late July.
The 30-year fixed mortgage sat near 6.83% at the end of July 2026 on daily-rate trackers, while the most-watched weekly survey put the same loan...
Egg prices tumbled to about $2.19 a dozen, down nearly 28% from a year ago.
A dozen large eggs fell to about $2.19 in May 2026, a level not seen since before the bird-flu shortages that sent prices soaring through...
Ground beef climbed to about $6.75 a pound in 2026.
A pound of ground beef averaged about $6.75 across U.S. grocery stores in May 2026, roughly fifty cents higher than a year earlier and a...
Florida seniors face the country’s highest home insurance, averaging more than $3,600 a year as rates climb again.
Florida retirees pay more to insure a home than older homeowners in any other state, with typical annual premiums for seniors running past $3,600 even...
Home insurance is climbing a fifth straight year, and homeowners over 70 now average $121 to $139 a month.
Homeowners past age 70 now pay roughly $121 to $139 a month to insure a home, and 2026 marks the fifth straight year that the...
A Wisconsin man was sentenced to prison for draining $135,000 from an elderly woman in a drawn-out scam.
A 38-year-old man who served as the in-person cash collector in a scheme that stripped $135,000 from an elderly Wisconsin woman has been sentenced to...
McKenzie Memorial Hospital patients hit by a cyberattack can claim up to $4,000, or a flat $50, by August 24.
Patients swept into the McKenzie Health System data breach can now choose between a flat $50 payment with no paperwork or reimbursement of up to...
California reinstated its Medi-Cal asset limit in 2026, capping a single nursing-home applicant at $130,000.
For two years, California allowed residents to qualify for many Medi-Cal programs without any accounting of how much they had saved. That window closed on...