Headline News Archive

2019

January

04

• ¿Deberías comprar un plan de mantenimiento prepagado para tu auto?. La mayoría de los autos nuevos (y muchos usados) se ofrecen con planes de mantenimiento prepagados. Los vendedores a menudo los presentan a

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• Inscripción a Obamacare sigue firme pese a revés judicial. Unos 8,4 millones de estadounidenses se inscribieron en el mercado federal de seguros de gastos médicos para tener cobertura este año, lo

2018

December

29

• Wells Fargo reaches $575 million settlement with all 50 states. It’s been a rough couple years for Wells Fargo as scandal after scandal is revealed.  The bank’s troubles began back

28

• Banco Wells Fargo pagará MDD en acuerdos de investigaciones. Wells Fargo pagará 575 millones de dólares como resultado de un acuerdo con fiscales generales de todos los 50 estados de Estados Unidos y

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• Por que deberías evitar comprar garantías extendidas. Si piensas comprar electrónicos o electrodomésticos para tus familiares para los días festivos, resiste la tentación de

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• The CFPB tried to change its name. Here’s why it’s giving up. The watchdog agency has been known as the CFPB since opening its doors in 2011, but its former acting director, Mick Mulvaney, a Trump appointee, believed

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• Crece inscripción a mercados de seguros de “Obamacare”. Una vez más, la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible ha superado los pronósticos de su caída, despué

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• Set it & forget it: How better contraception could reduce poverty. In Delaware, when a woman of childbearing age goes to the doctor she is asked: “Do you want to get pregnant in the next

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• Federal judge in Texas rules Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. A federal judge in Texas threw a dagger into the Affordable Care Act on Friday night, ruling that the entire health-care law is unconstitutional because

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• Federal Judge ruled that Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional (Chinese). 德州聯邦地區法官歐康諾(Reed OConnor)14日晚間裁定，聯邦稅法廢除了歐記健保的強制投保罰則，使前總統歐巴馬制定的可負擔健保法(ACA)全部違憲。這等於把歐記健保全部推翻。

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• Affordable Care Act enrollment is almost over and sign-ups are lagging. Obamacare sign-ups are now down 500,000, or 12 percent, from last year with just a few days of open enrollment left to go. Through six weeks of

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• Formas de ahorro inteligentes cuando tu hijo está en la universidad. Es posible que en este momento extrañes a tus hijos que están en la universidad, pero al menos hay algo positivo

10

• Investigation of generic ‘cartel’ expands to 300 drugs. What started as an antitrust lawsuit brought by states over just two generic prescription drugs in 2016 has exploded into an investigation of alleged

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• Deadline for Medicare Registration is on Dec 7 (Chinese). 為年滿65歲以上老年人提供的聯邦醫療保險(Medicare)，公開登記參加優良計畫 (Medicare Advantage)的期限將於本月7日截止；今年可選擇的優良計畫和Medicare Part D處方藥福利增加，專家建議投保人不要只看保費，更要瞭解整體費用。

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• Insurance company hammered by California wildfire insurance claims (Chinese). 加州史上死傷人數最高、房舍毀損最慘重的山林大火，上個月不但奪走數十條生命，數以千計民眾流離失所，現在連保險公司都成了受害者。加州法院宣判，麥塞德財產及意外保險公司(Merced Property & Casualty Co.)由於鉅額理賠負擔不起，公司將由州政府保險廳接管。

• How Trump appointees curbed a consumer protection agency. One year after Mick Mulvaney’s arrival, he and his political aides have constrained the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from within, achieving what conservatives

• This watchdog agency is smaller, quieter and less active under Trump. Under the Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has seen its role diminished. “People wondered when I got — when I took

04

• There is a magic bullet for some cancers. But often, it misses. Shahzad Bhat, 53, was working as a bartender for elite gamblers at the MGM Mansion in Las Vegas when his doctor gave him three months to

November

30

• ¿Trabajar después de jubilarse?. Pros y contras de tener un empleo tras retirarse del mundo laboral Cada vez más personas mayores de 60 años deciden postergar

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• How to survive the incoming financial crisis. Another recession is coming. Luckily, one entrepreneur is backing a portfolio of startups that just might save you.

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• CFPB fines Santander for misleading auto loans, insurance. Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc (SC.N), a leading subprime auto lender, will pay $11.8 million to settle claims that it misled customers about the cost

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• Will we ever cure Alzheimer’s?. Few drugs have been approved for treatment of this dementia, and none works very well. It has become one of the most intractable problems in

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• Medicare offers new services in 2019 in 20 states. 聯邦醫療保險計畫(Medicare)明年將開始擴大服務的試驗，全國20多個州的老年人將可通過私營的「醫療保險優良計畫」(Medicare Advantage)，得到家庭協助與護理服務。

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• Wells Fargo executives knew auto insurance program was flawed. Wells Fargo & Co executives were warned that an auto insurance plan could be overcharging customers four years before the bank scrapped the program, according

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• Don't fall for the robocalls offering health insurance. There's an 'epidemic' of robocalls offering health insurance. Don't fall for their traps.