The price for owning a home is rising rapidly – and we’re not just talking about mortgage payments. US homeowners are now paying an average of $18,118 a year on property taxes, homeowners’ insurance, maintenance, energy and various other expenses linked to owning a home, according to a new Bankrate study. That’s nearly the cost […]
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No flood insurance for many Floridians = disaster
When Amanda Trompeta was woken up by her dog barking early last Thursday morning, she assumed he was just frightened by Hurricane Ian. But then she got out of bed – and found herself standing ankle-deep in floodwater. By the time the storm passed, three and a half feet of murky, dark water had swept […]
Obamacare Is Going To Be Around Longer Than Antincipated
And you thought Obamacare was going to be dead by next year. Two new actions by the Trump administration suggest that the Affordable Care Act may be around for at least a little while more — if not longer. Both moves underscore the difficulty Republicans face in undoing that health-care reform law, as well as […]
Trump Promises Insurance For Everybody
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald J. Trump said this weekend that he was nearly ready to unveil a plan to replace President Obama’s Affordable Care Act with “insurance for everybody.” Mr. Trump, in an interview Saturday evening with The Washington Post, said that health care offered under his plan would come “in a much simplified form […]
Woman charged $39.35 by hospital to hold baby
This is a bill for a recent labor and delivery service in the United States. And it includes a $39.35 charge for holding the baby after delivery. Really. The image of the bill, now shared widely on Reddit, shows a charge for “skin to skin after c sec.” The Reddit user who posted it explained […]