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Obamacare Exchanges Will Reopen Monday. You May Qualify for a Free Or Low-Cost Plan
A special enrollment period to get a plan through the federal health exchange (or your state’s exchange if it has one) opens Monday and runs through May 15.
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Climate Change Has Cost the U.S. Billions of Dollars in Flood Damage, Study Finds
Extreme rainfall fueled by climate change has caused nearly $75 billion in flood damage in the U.S. in the past three decades, a new study shows.
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Disasters Caused $210 Billion in Damage in 2020, Showing Growing Cost of Climate Change
The six costliest disasters of 2020 occurred in the U.S., topped by Hurricane Laura’s devastation, which caused $13 billion in damage after hitting Louisiana.
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Online Insurance Company Lemonade Closes Down Nearly 14% Ahead of Lockup Expiration
Shares had soared more than 300% above its initial offering price in July.
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You Might Want to Add These Extra Costs to Your Budget When Planning a Safe Vacation During Covid
With the vaccine rollout underway, now might be the time to cautiously plan your future vacation. Here are a few things that may end up costing you more.
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Expecting a Baby? Make These Financial Moves Before Bringing Home Your Bundle of Joy
It costs over $200,000 to raise a child. Here’s what you need to do get your financial house in order.
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Don't Overlook These 6 Money-Saving Employee Benefits During Open Enrollment Season
It’s open enrollment season, meaning it’s time to review your employer-sponsored plans and benefits. Here are six money-saving benefits you shouldn’t overlook.
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2020 Hurricane Season Is Busiest Ever Recorded, and National Flood Insurance Program Faces Over $20 Billion Debt
2020 has been the busiest hurricane season on record, with 29 named storms. Meanwhile, the National Flood Insurance Program is over $20 billion in debt.
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Three Tips for Dealing with Fire Insurance
Consumer reporter Chris Chmura has helpful advice if you’re a homeowner affected by the North Bay wildfire.
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Mutual of Omaha Insurance Firm Removing Longtime Indian Logo
Insurance company Mutual of Omaha has announced it will replace its longtime corporate logo, which features a depiction of a Native American chief
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Insurance Marketplaces Offer Help With Coronavirus Job Cuts
More than a million people could swamp the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces in the coming months as employers lay off staff during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Insurers Will Cover Coronavirus Tests, But Check If Costs Apply
A day after Vice President Mike Pence assured Americans that lab tests for coronavirus would be covered by private and government health insurance, that promise appears to be less than airtight. The bottom line: Medicare, Medicaid, and “Obamacare” insurance plans will cover the tests, officials said Thursday. Major insurers also said they will cover such tests. But people with employer-provided insurance should check...
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Uninvited Squirrel Wreaks Havoc in Home While Owners Away on Vacation
An Atlanta couple said they came home from a winter vacation to find their house had been ransacked by an unusual suspect: a squirrel. Kari and Dustin Drees returned to find their house in disarray with floors scratched, baseboards chewed, and squirrel feces all around. Reports say a squirrel had fallen down their chimney and became trapped in the house,...
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DNA Privacy: Test Results Could Affect Your Life Insurance Coverage
Under federal law, companies are not allowed to use your genetic information against you for things like health insurance or a job. But that protection does not apply to things like life insurance or long-term care insurance, and the laws are constantly changing.
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NH Woman Pleads Guilty to Fake Illness Letter Campaign
A New Hampshire woman has pleaded guilty to sending 12 letters demanding nearly $400,000 in compensation from restaurants and food companies after producing fake medical records saying she became seriously ill after eating their food. Forty-nine-year-old Jacqueline Masse, of Hampton, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a mail fraud scheme.
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Missing Diamonds Lead Whitman Woman to NBC10 Boston Responds
Imagine losing the diamonds from your engagement ring, and then finding out that it’s not going to be covered by insurance as you expected. It happened to a Whitman woman, who turned to our Consumer Investigative Reporter Leslie Gaydos for help
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70,000 California Wildfire Victims May Miss Out on Payments
Concerned that as many as 70,000 victims may miss out on payments, attorneys filed court papers Friday to alert the bankruptcy judge that wildfire survivors aren’t aware of their rights to file a claim.
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NBC10 Boston Responds: Who Is Footing the Bill?
A car plowed into a wall at a Massachusetts man’s home, but he figured the driver’s insurance company would take care of the damage — not so much. So he reached out to our NBC10 Boston Responds team for help. Consumer Investigator Leslie Gaydos found that identifying who is responsible for footing the bill is complicated.
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‘We'll Get Through It': Vermont Construction Firm Destroyed by Fire
A Vermont construction company with a far-reaching reputation is itself making plans to rebuild, following a devastating weekend fire that tore through the property and turned the sky orange over the North Springfield design and engineering firm. At what’s left of Vermont Timber Works Monday, the business’s owners met with their insurance company.
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Elizabeth Warren Decries Trump as ‘Corruption in the Flesh'
Facing thousands of cheering supporters in the nation’s largest city, Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren on Monday decried President Donald Trump as “corruption in the flesh” and outlined her plans to root out corruption in the White House, Congress and courts. “Corruption has put our planet at risk. Corruption has broken our economy. And corruption is breaking our democracy,” said...