Tyler Foster
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Medicare will now offer certain GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for $50 a month through 2027 under a new federal program.
Millions of Medicare Part D enrollees can now fill prescriptions for certain GLP-1 weight-loss medications at a flat $50 copay per month, a price point...
Assisted living now runs a median $6,200 a month before Medicaid helps.
Families searching for assisted living face a median price tag of $6,200 a month, and for most of them, Medicaid will not cover a single...
A federal program helps low-income seniors pay summer cooling bills, but most never apply.
Most low-income seniors eligible for federal help with summer cooling bills never receive it. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, lists older...
About $39 billion in matured U.S. savings bonds sit unclaimed, and 30 state treasurers are pressing Washington to return them.
Thirty state treasurers are pushing the federal government to hand over detailed owner records for about $39 billion in matured, unredeemed U.S. savings bonds, arguing...
A bill in Congress would let about 50,000 combat-injured veterans draw both military retirement and disability pay, roughly $1,200 more a month.
Roughly 50,000 combat-injured military retirees stand to gain about $1,200 more per month if a bipartisan push in Congress succeeds. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Mike Crapo,...
The FTC is mailing refund checks to 1,821 homeowners caught in a fake mortgage-relief scheme, and they must cash them within 90 days.
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 1,821 refund checks totaling more than $2.8 million to homeowners who paid for mortgage-relief services that never delivered. The...
A shared nursing-home room now runs about $9,581 a month, and Medicaid steps in only after savings fall below $2,000.
Families with an aging parent who needs round-the-clock care face a brutal math problem. A shared nursing-home room now runs about $9,581 a month, yet...
Scammers can reroute your Social Security deposit online, and locking your my Social Security account blocks them in about two minutes.
Millions of Americans who depend on Social Security payments face a specific, documented threat: someone else can log into a my Social Security account and...
SunTrust customers charged old overdraft fees can claim $5 to $1,000 from a $240 million settlement by September 14.
Former SunTrust Bank customers who were charged overdraft fees under disputed practices can now file claims for payments ranging from $5 to $1,000 from a...
The state-and-local tax deduction cap jumped to $40,000, letting homeowners in high-tax states write off far more than the old $10,000.
Millions of homeowners in states like New York, New Jersey, and California can now write off up to $40,000 in state and local taxes on...
When a Medicare Advantage plan drops you for 2027, you gain a guaranteed right to buy any Medigap policy.
Medicare Advantage enrollees who receive nonrenewal notices for contract year 2027 will gain a federally protected right to purchase any Medigap policy without medical underwriting....
A home health aide now runs a median $35 an hour, so full-time care at home can top a nursing home’s cost.
Families arranging round-the-clock home care for aging relatives now face annual bills that can exceed the cost of a nursing home bed. With a home...
Medicare’s Part B premium is projected to climb to $209.50 a month in 2027, up from $202.90 now.
Millions of Medicare beneficiaries will pay more for outpatient coverage next year if federal projections hold. The 2026 Medicare Trustees Report, released on June 9,...
Full retirement age has finished its climb to 67, and claiming Social Security at 62 now locks in a check about 30% smaller for life.
Americans born in 1960 and later now face the steepest early-claiming penalty in Social Security’s history. The full retirement age has completed its decades-long climb...
SNAP or Medicaid households can get $9.25 a month off phone or internet bills.
Millions of households that rely on SNAP or Medicaid now have one federal program left to lower their phone or internet bills: Lifeline, which provides...
A surviving spouse can collect 100% of a late husband or wife’s Social Security by waiting until survivor full retirement age.
Widows and widowers who claim Social Security survivor benefits before reaching their full retirement age permanently reduce their monthly payments to as little as 71.5%...