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An HSA account offers many advantages, but HSA rules are dense and misconceptions abound about how the plans work and how to use them. Here are the facts.

Inflation has been sky-high over the last year, so it’s a good thing that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is boosting its cost of living adjustment (COLA) for benefit checks in 2023. It’s just one of many changes announced by Social Security recently.

Extra resources poured into the system during Covid gave us a tantalising glimpse of what could be – but it’s still too little, and it’s ending too soon

Hackers have demanded $10m to stop releasing sensitive medical information on dark web.

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When Claudia Siegel got a stomach bug earlier this year, she reached out to her primary care doctor to prescribe something to relieve her diarrhea. The Philadelphia resident was surprised when she received an online message informing her that because she hadn’t visited her doctor in more than three years,…

Some primary care doctors drop seldom-seen patients, a problem for those who postponed visits amid the pandemic

When Liz Christie heard her regular GP was retiring from the profession, she was disappointed, but figured she would just switch to another doctor in the Battery Point clinic — then she got a message saying she would need to find a new practice.

Millions of retirees are in the thick of Medicare open enrollment, which runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, but many find the process challenging