More than 74 million Americans can expect a healthy inflation adjustment to their Social Security benefits next year — just not as large as this year’s historic 8.7 percent raise.The […]
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Back to news homeProfiting From Risky Atherectomies That Can Lead to Amputations
Atherectomies and other procedures on Kelly Hanna’s veins and arteries started in February 2019.Her records do not always show which vessels Dr. Mustapha performed procedures on, instead only indicating which […]
Merck Sues Over Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Law
The pharmaceutical company Merck on Tuesday sued the government over a federal law that empowers Medicare for the first time to negotiate prices directly with drugmakers.Merck’s lawsuit, filed in federal […]
How a Solo Gig Can Give You a Stronger Retirement
Russ Eanes was burning out at his job, and he had just hit 60 — but he wasn’t ready to retire. A former minister in the Mennonite church, he had […]
How the U.S. Government Amassed $31 Trillion in Debt
WASHINGTON — America’s debt is now six times what it was at the start of the 21st century. It is the largest it has been, compared with the size of […]
An Uptick in Elder Poverty: A Blip, or a Sign of Things to Come?
Seniors didn’t fare as well through the pandemic as most. But longer-term trends aren’t moving in their favor either. Read More
Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Increase Will Be Largest in Four Decades, an Estimate Says
More than 70 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits can expect an inflation adjustment to their monthly checks next year that will be the largest in four decades.Government inflation […]
Student Loan Forgiveness Is Complicated, Because This Is America
If we want higher education to cost less, we should make it cheaper when people enroll.But that’s not how we do things in the United States, where the first rule […]
Daily Crunch: Russia fines Google $374M for ‘illegal content’ over its Ukraine invasion
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Financial Planning for People With Chronic Diseases
Before she became eligible for Medicare, Deborah Rosenwinkel, who lives in Wheaton, Ill., and has rheumatoid arthritis, used a manufacturer’s discount card for Enbrel, a biologic she injected at home […]