Jun 10 Why Wall Street loves Medicare Advantage (and why this should bother you) By Philip Moeller A top issuer of Medicare Advantage plans has put itself in play for an acquisition, triggering largely bullish Wall Street reports about the investment appeal of this sector. Continue reading
Jun 09 Will the new killer ‘butler app’ kill our ability to fend for ourselves? By Paul Solman By completing your to-do list, Hello Alfred claims to give you back time for leisure. But do outsourcing apps simply open up more time for us to be imprisoned in other ways?… Continue reading
Jun 08 Can you collect your late spouse’s Social Security and still work? By Laurence Kotlikoff Trying to understand how to maximize your Social Security can be a confusing process, but it doesn't have to be. Ask Larry your questions. Continue reading
Jun 05 Jobs up, joblessness up: How can that be? One explanation By Kristen Doerer, Paul Solman The U.S. added 280,000 jobs in May, while the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percent to settle at 5.5 percent. How do we reconcile May's numbers?… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 6:46 Tech-age butlers aren’t just for superheroes anymore By PBS News Hour If you're too busy and you want to outsource your chores, there are apps galore these days. Now there’s Alfred, a new online service that aims to scale up the business of butlering by offering relatively low-cost help with shopping,… Continue watching
Jun 04 Dirty laundry? Batman’s butler, Alfred, to the rescue By Paul Solman Paul Solman chats with Hello Alfred CEO Marcela Sapone about how more Alfreds will liberate people in busy careers. Continue reading
Jun 04 A creepy vision of the new economic order, harvested from you By Anna Bernasek, D.T. Mongan What happens when corporations become Big Brother? Anna Bernasek and D.T. Mongan paint a Orwellian future, where big data reigns. This data collection won’t just infringe on the privacy of real people, they argue, but also on market competition. Continue reading
Jun 03 Should I be paying for this? And more of your Medicare questions By Philip Moeller You can't sleep. Your doctor prescribes you a durable medical device to help—one that Medicare usually covers. But what do you do when the bill falls on you?… Continue reading
Jun 03 That free trial? It might not be so free after all By Anna Bernasek, D.T. Mongan You may have thought you signed up for a free trial, but did you read the fine print?… Continue reading
Jun 01 25 examples of why you can’t trust what Social Security says By Laurence Kotlikoff I receive emails virtually every day from people who have been misled or misinformed, sometimes terribly, by Social Security. This generally involves particular staffers at Social Security telling people to do things they shouldn't do, telling them they can’t collect… Continue reading