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Health Care Heats Up Presidential Race
With a month to go before the election, health care took center stage in the presidential campaign as Barack Obama launched a major attack on John McCain's health care plan. |
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Find the Best<br>Medical Care
Hospital care in the U.S. is expensive and, at times, risky. Next time you need surgery, you—like an increasing number of Americans—might consider going overseas |
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Are Cosmetics Risky for Teens?
An Environmental Working Group report on certain chemicals in cosmetics and body care products is raising eyebrows, with the nonprofit group sounding the alarm and the cosmetics industry standing by cosmetics' safety. |
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Candidates' Health Plans: Healthy Impact?
Twice as many uninsured people in the U.S. will have health insurance in 10 years under Sen. Barack Obama's health care plan than under Sen. John McCain's plan, according to a report by the health care research group The Commonwealth Fund. |
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Health Care Needs Fixing
John McCain and Barack Obama agree that our current health care system isn’t working. They say the country needs to reduce the ranks of the 46 million uninsured and provide alternatives to job-based insurance.
But any similarities between the presidential hopefuls’ health reform proposals pretty much stop there.
McCain’s proposal relies on the private market to heal [...] |
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Medicare Warns of Part D Changes
Medicare officials urged beneficiaries to scrutinize their prescription drug coverage, warning that coverage in the plans may change significantly in 2009. |
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[Feature] Senior Troubles: Bankruptcy on the Rise
The rising costs of health care and consumer goods have hit the elderly population hard. A clear indicator that the older popular is struggling is the rise in senior bankruptcy rates, which are reaching double-digit territory. In this difficult economy, our 55-plus population needs to seriously reevaluate how they'll make ends meet.<div class="feedflare">
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Health Insurance Costs Climb Again
Kaiser study: Health insurance premiums and deductibles are up again this year. 24% of U.S. families say paying for health care is a "serious problem." |
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[Feature] Senior Troubles: Bankruptcy on the Rise
The rising costs of health care and consumer goods have hit the elderly population hard. A clear indicator that the older popular is struggling is the rise in senior bankruptcy rates, which are reaching double-digit territory. In this difficult economy, our 55-plus population needs to seriously reevaluate how they'll make ends meet.<div class="feedflare">
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[Feature] Places to Stash Cash in Today's Market
A regular savings account is hardly the safest choice. A standard one with a major U.S. bank today brings a 0.2 percent annual interest rate. But inflation is running amok at 5 percent. In other words, your carefully stashed $100,000 will be worth less than that in next year's dollars, or about $95,200 after accounting for interest and inflation.<div class="feedflare">
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Medicare Outpatient Premiums Stay Flat
Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs for doctor visits and other outpatient services won’t rise in 2009, only the sixth time in the history of the program they’ve remained stable. |
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[Feature] Places to Stash Cash in Today's Market
A regular savings account is hardly the safest choice. A standard one with a major U.S. bank today brings a 0.2 percent annual interest rate. But inflation is running amok at 5 percent. In other words, your carefully stashed $100,000 will be worth less than that in next year's dollars, or about $95,200 after accounting for interest and inflation.<div class="feedflare">
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Food Allergy Labels Too Vague
Carefully reading food labels might not be enough to keep food allergy sufferers safe, according to testimonay at an FDA hearing. |
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[Feature] Compulsive Cash-Out Refinancing is a Risky Scenario
Frequent cash-out refinancing can be a financially risky strategy, because a cash-out refinance can bleed the equity out of your property. Before doing a refinance of any kind, it's important for homeowners to carefully study the bottom line and the long-term repercussions of such a move.<div class="feedflare">
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[Feature] Compulsive Cash-Out Refinancing is a Risky Scenario
Frequent cash-out refinancing can be a financially risky strategy, because a cash-out refinance can bleed the equity out of your property. Before doing a refinance of any kind, it's important for homeowners to carefully study the bottom line and the long-term repercussions of such a move.<div class="feedflare">
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Retail Clinics Catch On in U.S.
A study reveals the growing popularity of retail clinics, with 90% of visits prompted by a need for vaccinations or care for conditions like bronchitis, upper respiratory infections, and ear infections. |
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[Feature] Calling All Debtors: Help With Your Next Move
Personal finance is a lot like chess. Each game requires good strategy and calculated decision-making to win. Make a careless move with your money and you could wind up heavily in debt. If you find yourself in this kind of jam, consider a debt consolidation loan.<div class="feedflare">
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Autism, Measles Vaccine: No Link
A carefully designed study shows no link between measles-vaccine viruses lurking in the gut and either autism or intestinal disease. |
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[Feature] Calling All Debtors: Help With Your Next Move
Personal finance is a lot like chess. Each game requires good strategy and calculated decision-making to win. Make a careless move with your money and you could wind up heavily in debt. If you find yourself in this kind of jam, consider a debt consolidation loan.<div class="feedflare">
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[News] Mortgage Market Giving Economists Fits, Should Mortgage Borrowers Care?
It seems we are in the perfect economic storm for mortgages. Many homeowners and potential home buyers are stuck in a confusing mix of market signals. A blend of good and bad that leave us with a balanced scorecard. This is leaving most experts offering little practical advise and instead focusing on predicting the bottom.
Since, there is little market news on this Labor Day lets take the down time to step back and see what all these current mortgage trends might mean to you.<div class="feedflare">
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[News] Mortgage Market Giving Economists Fits, Should Mortgage Borrowers Care?
It seems we are in the perfect economic storm for mortgages. Many homeowners and potential home buyers are stuck in a confusing mix of market signals. A blend of good and bad that leave us with a balanced scorecard. This is leaving most experts offering little practical advise and instead focusing on predicting the bottom.
Since, there is little market news on this Labor Day lets take the down time to step back and see what all these current mortgage trends might mean to you.<div class="feedflare">
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[News] Can a Reverse Mortgage Secure Your Retirement?
According to a recent study of working-age households, 45% of Americans are going to fall short of retirement hopes. The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College cites "...the demise of traditional pensions, rising longevity, soaring health care costs, and falling returns" as reasons that current workers must strive to save more.<div class="feedflare">
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State’s Anti-Smoking Plan Makes Cents
A new study shows that California’s state-funded anti-smoking campaign has saved billions of dollars in personal health care costs since its inception in 1989. |
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