Healthcare

Retirement Upside

The Medicare Myths Costing Retirees Thousands

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They can result in many thousands of dollars in excess costs and even jeopardize access to care in the worst cases.

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Healthcare

Psychedelic Nation? Psilocybin Treatments Offer New Hope for People Prozac Hasn’t Helped

Psychedelic medications, backed by the White House, may alter the prognosis for people with treatment-resistant depression, but risks remain.

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Inflation & Prices

Labor Department Reports Inflation at 4.2% in May, and Energy’s Not the Only Problem

Labor-intensive services such as gardening, home healthcare and day care and preschool were all significant drivers of inflation.

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Advisor Upside

Inflation Isn’t Retiring Anytime Soon. Your Clients Should Be

Retirement planning is much more dynamic than a decade ago, and financial advisors are rewriting the playbook.

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Healthcare

Lilly Follows Upbeat Trials for Cholesterol Shot with $4B M&A Spree

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The highest dose of a single injection reduced cholesterol levels by 62% in patients, according to Eli Lilly’s recently published study.

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Advisor Upside

For Your (Tax) Health: The Underloved HSA

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HSAs are lauded for their triple-tax benefits, and can be useful for wealthy clients, even if they don’t do much to improve American health care.

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Retirement Upside

Claiming Medicare Is Just the Beginning Amid ‘Silver Tsunami’

Getting the most out of Medicare requires regular reevaluation and carefully balancing risks with costs, experts say.

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Retirement Upside

Why More Medicare Advantage Plans Are Trimming Benefits

After years of aggressive expansion, many Medicare Advantage plans are recalibrating popular extras and changing costs.

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Healthcare

Neurotech Startup Treating Blindness Nabs $1.5 Billion Valuation

Science Corp., a brain-implant startup developing a device that can enable blind people to see again, just raised $230 million from investors.

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Personal Finance

Trump’s Retirement Savings Plan Offers Potential Bonanza for Firms Like Fidelity

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If the accounts come to fruition, they could achieve a longtime goal of industry advocates and policymakers on both sides of the aisle.

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