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The Safety Net That Quietly Became a Family Member

Roughly ten thousand Americans turn 65 every day right now, and a large share of them are reaching

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The Bill That Shows Up Before the Data Center Does

Electric bills have been rising well ahead of general inflation in much of the country, and a growing

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The Floor That Got Removed Right Before the Fall

For about a year and a half, nursing homes across the country were on a clock to meet

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The Fraud Protection That Can't Tell You From a Scammer

More than half of U.S. states have now given banks and credit unions explicit legal cover to

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The Algorithm That Never Has to Say Why

Companies have used software to screen job applicants and rank layoff candidates for years, but a wave of

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The Tax Break That Shrank Without Changing a Number

Homeowners have been able to sell a primary residence and exclude up to 250,000 dollars in profit

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The Raise That Arrives Already Spent

Social Security recipients are on track for one of the larger cost-of-living adjustments in recent years

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The Illusion of a Rising Medicare Advantage Check

The federal government just agreed to send Medicare Advantage insurers a meaningfully larger check for next year, well

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The Discount That Starves the Pharmacy That Fills It

Medicare's new authority to negotiate lower prices on a set of widely used brand-name drugs

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