“I don’t think we’ve seen a housing market quite like this one,” said Jenny Schuetz, a researcher at the Brookings Institution. “And other recessions looked…
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Tag: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)
His Lights Stayed on During Texas’ Storm. Now He Owes $16,752.
Under some of the plans, when demand increases, prices rise. The goal, architects of the system say, is to balance the market by encouraging consumers…
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How a Minimum-Wage Increase Is Being Felt in a Low-Wage City
When the wage went up, Ms. Parra said, she could more easily help with rent and pay the phone and cable bills at the apartment…
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Drug Prices by Committee: One Way Biden Could Lower Costs
We’re not accustomed to openly managing this trade-off in the United States, partly because of the power of health care interest groups, and perhaps because…
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How Rich Hospitals Profit From Patients in Car Crashes
As part of its check-in process, a Catholic hospital in Oklahoma offers some accident victims a waiver to sign stating they do not want their…
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Financial Aid: Grades, Merit and Talking to Kids About Paying for College
This Is Very Uncomfortable If you are raising your eyebrows now, administrators feel for you. They do not like the equity implications of merit aid…
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Will an Overdraft Balance Impact Your Stimulus Check?
Bank fees are adding extra pain to some Americans’ pandemic-induced woes. In 2019, according to the Center for Responsible Lending, big banks collected more than…
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Why Ambulances Are Exempt From the Surprise-Billing Ban
When Congress passed a new law banning surprise medical bills on Monday, it made a notable exception: ambulances. Ambulances have the highest out-of-network billing rate…
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Surprise Medical Bills Cost Americans Millions. Congress Is Finally Set to Ban Most of Them.
Hospitals and doctors, who tend to benefit from the current system, fought to defeat solutions that would lower their pay. Insurance companies and large insurers…
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The Vaccines Are Supposed to Be Free. Surprise Bills Could Happen Anyway.
When Americans receive a coronavirus vaccine, federal rules say they shouldn’t have to pay anything out of pocket. Congress passed legislation this spring that bars…
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