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Medicaid ends funding for child sex-change procedures as Trump admin slams 'experimental' treatments

FIRST ON FOX: American taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for child sex-change hormones or surgeries, as a key Trump administration agency announced Tuesday that Medicaid will stop funding suc...

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In the weeks before Apollo 11 launched, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins spent their quarantine signing hundreds of autographs, not for fans, but so their families could sell them if the mission killed them, since no insurer would cover astronauts at all

In the weeks before Apollo 11 launched, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins spent part of their quarantine signing hundreds of autographs, not for fans, but so their families could sell...

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What the US could learn from Japan's incentive for responsible antibiotic use

'A silent pandemic': How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a timeThis is the fifth and final story in a series about antibiotic use in Japan and the U....

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Rising US life expectancy isn’t what it seems

There’s some good news for American lifespans: In July, preliminary CDC data suggested that life expectancy in the U.S. is on track to reach a record high while death rates hit a historic low. Ac...

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Are your clients ready for California’s new insurance rules?

In Fox Paine & Company v. Twin City Fire Insurance Company, the California Supreme Court ruled that policyholders do not necessarily have to exhaust all underlying coverage before they pursue c...

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MetLife Pet Insurance and America’s VetDogs Partner to Help Co-Raise Future Service Dog for Veteran or First Responder with Disabilities

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MetLife Pet Insurance today announced a partnership with America's VetDogs, a national nonprofit that provides service dogs to veterans, first responders and active-du...

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Insurance industry makes millions each day claims go unpaid, analysis shows

A new analysis shows that delaying home insurance claims for just a day or a week can add millions of dollars in profit collectively for the insurance industry.For each day of delays on home insura...

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After a Layoff at 63, He Built a One-Person Consulting Business. Social Security Counts the Profit, Not What Clients Pay.

The post After a Layoff at 63, He Built a One-Person Consulting Business. Social Security Counts the Profit, Not What Clients Pay. appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. The Business He Had Been Postpon...

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Scores killed in Colombia quake; call for action on sudden cardiac deaths; car insurance costs soar

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. More than 100 people have been killed by a pow...

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Enact Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ACT) Records 52-Week High Monday Morning

Shares of Enact Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACT) traded at a new 52-week high today and are currently trading at $48.88. So far today, approximately 70,182 shares have been exchanged, as compared to an...

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4 hidden costs retirees forget to budget for

The message is clear that you should be saving for retirement. What may be less clear: what, exactly, you are saving for. There are the obvious costs most retirees...

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Representatives to study rising homeowners insurance costs

Representatives Stacy Jo Adams (R-Duncan) and Chris Sneed (R-Fort Gibson) will lead an interim study examining the factors contributing to rising homeowners' insurance costs in Oklahoma. The lawma...

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A California car insurance reform that actually makes sense

A bill under consideration in the state Legislature would allow Californians an opportunity to claim a new deduction on their auto insurance rates — but they would have to give up a bit of their pr...

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S.C.committee rejects relaxation of bar insurance mandate

South Carolina bar owners won't get a reprieve from needing to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance. A plan to suspend that law if and when the state's new spending plan goes into effe...

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Financial habits that can influence insurance costs over time

Financial habits built over time, from managing credit and avoiding unnecessary claims to reviewing coverage regularly, have a direct and measurable effect on what you pay for insurance. Are your ...

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A rumor, a rating and a coliform scare test Lingle's small-town systems

TORRINGTON – A false rumor that the Lingle Volunteer Fire Department had closed its doors is driving up home insurance premiums for some town residents, while a positive bacteria test in two of the...

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Best’s Market Segment Report: Strengthened by Hard-Market Years, Global Reinsurance Segment Reaches an Inflection Point

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The global reinsurance segment is at a critical inflection point as reinsurers’ strong earnings since 2023 have driven robust capital generation. With reinsurers’...

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Homeowners face growing home insurance threat beyond cost

Rising homeowners insurance premiums have forced millions of American property owners to rethink their household budgets over the past two years.A first-of-its-kind analysis from the National Assoc...

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Social Isolation Can Quietly Wreck a Retiree’s Health. Original Medicare Won’t Spend a Cent to Prevent It.

The post Social Isolation Can Quietly Wreck a Retiree’s Health. Original Medicare Won’t Spend a Cent to Prevent It. appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Margaret is 74, widowed, and lives alone in a ...

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My parents removed me from their will

Chicken Tika with vegetable samosa and naan. The other week my 74-year-old mother told me that she and my dad had finally finished their wills, medical directives, and burial plans. They met wit...

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Fidelity highlights tax-free way to fund long-term care

Millions of Americans own life insurance policies purchased decades ago, at a time when their financial circumstances and family needs were very different. Today, their children may be grown, their...

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