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The Discount That Belongs to the Policy, Not the House

The National Flood Insurance Program's authority to write a new policy expires after December 11. There

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The Tariff That Arrives in Twenty-Two Months

In July the administration announced that generic drugs would carry a 100 percent tariff starting in August 2028,

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The Daily Price That Comes From a Public Index

The Labor Department proposed a rule at the end of March that would make it easier for a

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The Program That Is Free or Unaffordable, and Nothing in Between

There is a Medicare and Medicaid program that delivers all of a frail older person's care

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The Increase That Lands on the Sale Price

Several state legislatures took up caps on manufactured home lot rents this year, and the coverage treated it

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The Match That Arrives as a Deposit, Not a Refund

Starting with the 2027 tax year, the federal government will pay 50 cents for every dollar a lower-

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The Return That Is Filed Only to Save a Number

The federal estate tax exclusion for someone dying in 2026 is 15,000,000 dollars. The scheduled halving

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The Report That Carries Immunity and Stops There

In May 2018 Congress gave banks, credit unions, brokers, investment advisers and insurers something they had been asking

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The Refund That Waits for the Next Resident

A continuing care retirement community asks for a payment on the way in that has no equivalent in

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