Travel insurance is worth considering if you have high non-refundable booking costs or plan to travel internationally, where your health insurance won’t cover you. However, travel insurance may not be necessary if trip costs are low or reimbursable, or if you don’t need additional coverage on top of your existing health insurance or credit card…
With the end of the year quickly approaching, you may be in the home stretch of your career if you’re scheduled to retire in 2026. But if you’re going to stick to that plan, it’s important to be confident that you’re ready to finish your time in the workforce. Here are four questions you should…
Leave room in your budget for sharp increases in health care premiums. Whether you have an employer-based plan or receive coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, the monthly cost of having health insurance is on track to rise sharply in 2026. For starters, healthcare costs are quite high. This year, family premiums for employer-sponsored…
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen added her voice to the chorus of Democrats, some Republicans, and numerous experts sounding the alarm about the consequences of letting the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of this year. The senator appeared on the CNBC program. Squawk Box recently to explain how…
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sharply broke with her party leaders Wednesday as they tried to project a united front in the deepening standoff with Democrats over health care and the government shutdown, calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the House back into session and warning that Americans would be hit with higher costs…
Federal Government Shutdown Enters Second Week, But Quiet Talks Emerge WASHINGTON (AP) — Tours of the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House keeps its doors closed, while the Senate is stuck in a loop of failed votes on a rejected plan to reopen the government. President Donald Trump is threatening to lay off…
