Tyler Foster
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A brokerage account is protected up to $500,000 if the firm fails, separate from any FDIC bank coverage
When a brokerage firm collapses and cash or securities go missing from a customer’s account, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) replaces up to $500,000...
A surviving divorced spouse can collect on a late ex after a 10-year marriage
A divorced spouse whose former husband or wife has died can still collect Social Security survivor benefits on that person’s earnings record, as long as...
Medicare covers skilled home health care at no cost for a homebound patient
Medicare will cover the full cost of skilled home health care for beneficiaries who meet a specific two-part eligibility test, and it will not charge...
A single low-income application can unlock both SSI and, in most states, automatic Medicaid
One federal application can decide two benefit programs at once. When the Social Security Administration approves a claim for Supplemental Security Income, roughly two-thirds of...
Medicaid home-care waivers pay for help at home instead of a nursing facility
More than 86 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries who need long-term care now receive it at home or in their community instead of inside a nursing...
Spouses raising a worker’s young child can draw Social Security at any age
A rule buried inside Social Security’s spousal-benefit program lets a husband or wife start collecting a monthly check decades before the usual retirement clock even...
A verbal password on a bank account blocks a caller who spoofs the bank
A phone rings with the bank’s own customer-service number on the display, and the caller already knows the account holder’s name and the last four...
The No Surprises Act bars most surprise out-of-network medical bills
A hospital stay handled entirely by an in-network surgeon can still generate a bill running into the thousands of dollars, because the anesthesiologist who administered...
Renters can claim part of a $359 million RealPage rent-software settlement before January 29
A federal court in Nashville has cleared the way for renters nationwide to collect a share of $359,925,000 in cash from RealPage, Inc. and roughly...
Eggs have tumbled about 30% this year while beef stays near record highs, splitting the grocery bill in two
Grocery shoppers are living through two opposite price stories in the same cart this year. Egg prices are forecast to fall 30.8 percent in 2026...
Peacock raised the price of every plan, but existing subscribers aren’t charged more until a bill on or after September 17
Every Peacock subscription plan now costs more, with the increase already live for new sign-ups and a second, later date built in for people who...
Oracle’s 30,000 job cuts are the largest of a 2026 layoff wave that has now passed 209,000 workers
Oracle’s decision to eliminate roughly 30,000 positions this year now stands as the single largest job cut of 2026, a reduction equal to nearly one-fifth...
Congress returns September 14 with four Social Security bills waiting, including plans to lift the payroll tax cap
Congress returns from its August recess on September 14 with four Social Security bills already sitting in committee, each proposing a different fix for a...
Naming a representative payee lets a trusted person manage Social Security checks for someone who no longer can
When an aging parent’s memory starts to fail, or an adult child’s disability makes it impossible to track a monthly budget, the Social Security Administration...
A high-deductible Medigap plan can slash the monthly premium for a healthy retiree
A retiree shopping for Medigap Plan G in 2026 faces a fork most comparison charts gloss over. The standard version pays nearly every Medicare-covered cost...
Medicare covers anti-rejection drugs for life after a kidney transplant
A kidney transplant does not end a patient’s need for immunosuppressive drugs — it starts a lifelong prescription that, for one group of Medicare enrollees,...
