Headline News Archive

2010

December

07

• Diabetes screenings stir concerns. Federal health officials are investigating the use of finger-prick blood tests to screen Americans for diabetes, one of the nation's fastest-growing and most serious public

05

• How can we pay for long-term care?. We've all heard a lot about the nation graying, which is what makes the recent news about long-term care insurance even more troubling. MetLife, citing

03

• Nuevas pólizas que prometen un ahorro. Estado permite planes de ‘pague por lo que maneje’ El comisionado de Seguros de California, Steve Poizner, anunció ayer que ha dado el visto bueno

November

30

• Medicare Advantage provision causes few ripples. One of the most significant savings envisioned in the new health- care law - limiting payments to the private health plans that cover 11 million older

27

• Think twice about medical credit cards. If you are like most people, you have probably used a credit card to pay some of your medical bills. With rising health costs and

26

• Credit bureaus make it hard to buy your own report. Tony Cabral is the kind of consumer who makes a habit of checking his credit files at least twice a year. "I just want to

23

• Health insurers face new rules on medical spending. The Obama administration issued far-reaching rules Monday to carry out a controversial promise that the new health-care law makes to consumers: insurers must spend at

22

• 5 ways credit cards protect holiday purchases. That sweater you bought for Christmas goes on sale for half price the next day. You might be able to get the difference back if

• Long-term care insurance worries baby boomers. Kathy Kozakiewicz, 59, of Phoenix, decided to buy long-term care insurance after her father-in-law was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He had to wait 18 months until space

19

• Lo que necesita saber sobre el nuevo Medicare. Los participantes pueden hacer cambios hasta el 31 de diciembre; quiénes salen perdiendo Cambios próximos en Medicare beneficiarán a algunos pero encarecerán

18

• Homeowners could see loan modifications. More homeowners may get home loan modifications under a potential settlement being discussed between banks and state investigatorsprobing improper foreclosures, but big hurdles remain, real

16

• Health savings accounts make sense for many. Even if you eat lots of leafy greens, exercise daily and have replaced your evening highball with a cup of herbal tea, you're almost certainly

• Don't underestimate foreclosure crisis. A congressional oversight panel is set to warn on Tuesday that a widespread problem of flawed and fraudulent foreclosure paperwork could upend the housing market

15

• Investors lend money against lawsuit outcomes. Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people’s lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars

12

• Foreclosure mess prompts public officials to slow down process. One month ago, the city of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs of Cook County became a foreclosure-free zone. It wasn't the banks or judges that

11

• FDIC prepares crack down on officials of failed banks. For former insiders at some of the several hundred banks that collapsed during the financial crisis and in its aftermath, a day of reckoning has

09

• New GOP governors will affect healthcare law. Republicans' consolidation of power in state capitols is likely to expand the number of states that employ a far more limited, free-market-oriented approach to implementing

07

• Ignore long-term planning at your peril. Long-term care insurance ought to be an easy sell to families facing the sandwich challenge. Aging parents can buy it for themselves to cover the

06

• Mortgage walk-aways prompt changes in credit scores. With foreclosures soaring - and homeowners with unblemished payment histories abruptly walking away from their houses with no warning to lenders - the two major

• Qué debe considerar antes de firmar documentos como un robot. Los bancos no son los únicos que pasan por alto las letras pequeñas. Los consumidores a menudo también firman documentos como robots. Echarles

04

• Repeal 'Obamacare': GOP will try. "Repeal Obamacare!" might be the battle cry that swept Republicans into control of the House, but making good on the promise will be tough. GOP

02

• Flexible spending account rules change. Drugstores are busy places in December, and it's not just because scented soap and singing toothbrushes make excellent last-minute holiday gifts. They also get a

October

31

• Credit history matters more than before. When the financial crisis hit, many banks became tight-fisted, and plenty of borrowers walked away empty-handed. But financial institutions have emerged from the recession stronger

30

• State A.Gs take on foreclosures. Have you noticed that the lead dogs investigating the mortgage foreclosure mess are not any federal prosecutors or national bank regulators, but rather the state

25

• Recession's reverberations keep pummeling the young. As the nation struggles with the aftermath of the Great Recession, few groups have suffered greater setbacks or face greater long-term damage than young Americans —