May 17 Column: Getting Social Security shouldn't disqualify you from using a health savings account By Philip Moeller While many seniors understand the logic that HSAs and Medicare are incompatible, they simply do not understand why drawing Social Security benefits also triggers the ban on continuing to make pre-tax HSA contributions. Continue reading
May 17 Were you laid off from your retail job? The PBS NewsHour wants to hear from you By Diane Lincoln Estes We want to hear from retail workers who have been affected by a "retail apocalypse."… Continue reading
May 16 5 misconceptions that might hurt your credit score By Kristen Doerer If these misconceptions are not righted, they can hurt your score and, in turn, the credit available to you. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 8:59 These industries are growing. Why are men staying away? By PBS News Hour Millions of jobs in industry, held mostly by men, have disappeared in the last two decades. But at the same time, the economy has gained 9 million jobs in education and health services, which are more frequently associated with women. Continue watching
May 11 We can't afford my spouse's inpatient rehab treatment. What are our options? By Philip Moeller Journalist Phil Moeller answers that question and more in his weekly column, "Ask Phil."… Continue reading
May 10 How does where you live affect your life expectancy? By Paul Solman Life expectancy can very by as much as 20 years depending on what county you live in, a new report finds. Continue reading
May 10 Column: What Medicare can teach the GOP about this basic rule of insurance By Philip Moeller The very nature of insurance itself seems to have escaped many critics of Obamacare. Continue reading
May 08 Are robots coming for your blue-collar jobs? By Making Sen$e Editor On average, the arrival of one new industrial robot in a local labor market coincides with an employment drop of 5.6 workers. Continue reading
May 08 Column: Why you need to get financially naked with your partner By Erin Lowry For other generations “the number” may refer to bedfellows, but millennials have a new type of number to be concerned with: the debt number. Continue reading
May 05 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: U.S. employers added 211,000 jobs in April By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reported that employers added a net of 211,000 jobs in April, up sharply from March, and dropping the unemployment rate to 4.4, a nearly 10-year low. Also, a U.S. Navy SEAL was… Continue watching