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According to the GAO, more than 1 in 5 college students in the U.S. are raising kids.

Colleges Could Do More To Help Student Parents Pay For Child Care, Watchdog Says

12:44pm September 12, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

More than 1 in 5 college students are raising kids, and access to child care is one of their biggest barriers. A new report finds many don't know they can apply for help from federal financial aid.

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Report: Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Hasn't Fixed Its Issues

4:12pm September 05, 2019

A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that Congress' temporary effort to expand and fix problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program also needs fixing.

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Groupon and other deal sites are the latest marketing tactic in medicine, offering bargain prices for services such as CT scans.

Groupon For Medical Scans? Discounted Care Can Have Hidden Costs

1:59pm September 05, 2019

by Lauren Weber

Groupon and other deal sites are the latest marketing tactic in medicine, offering bargain prices. But critics say pursuing such discounts can also entail getting unnecessary or duplicative services.

Economy

Quit Your Job? Tell Us Your Story

10:48am September 05, 2019

by Yuki Noguchi

What's the best way you've ever quit a job? Did you write a nice, polite letter to your manager? Or throw your computer out the window and yell, "I quit!" We want to hear from you.

Families, Not Just Students, Feel The Weight Of The Student Loan Crisis

10:33am September 04, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

A new book looks at how the struggle to pay for college has transformed the experience of the American middle class.

In rugged, rural areas, patients often have little choice about how they'll get to the hospital in an emergency. "The presence of private equity in the air ambulance industry indicates that investors see profit opportunities," a 2017 report from the feder

Wyoming Wants To Use Medicaid To Reduce Air Ambulance Bills For All Patients

12:57pm August 23, 2019

by Markian Hawryluk

Frustrated with sky-high bills from air ambulance companies, Wyoming hopes to hammer down those charges with more regulation. The companies say such a proposal undermines free enterprise.

Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday amid troubling economic data that could signal a global recession.

Economy

Dow Tumbles 800 Points As Bond Markets Signal Recession

10:52pm August 14, 2019

Some worry a trade war is hurting the global economy. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell below that for two-year Treasurys — a phenomenon that strongly predicts a recession.

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An employee of the Mutilated Currency Division cuts a damaged dollar to "duplicate" it and identify other bills with the cut fragment.

Economy

Cash Back Guarantee: The U.S. Redeems Damaged Bills Because The Dollar Depends On It

2:34pm August 11, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

The Treasury reviews some 24,000 cases a year and reimburses around $30 million to people whose money has been burned, flooded or otherwise damaged. This service helps underpin the dollar's integrity.

Economy

What New Tariffs Mean For Shoppers

12:49pm August 03, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

Once again, economists and retailers warn that the prices customers see in stores might go up in the months ahead.

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"This is the next important step in the Administration's work to end foreign freeloading and put American patients first," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement detailing the plan.

Trump Administration Plans To Allow Imports Of Some Prescription Drugs From Canada

2:48pm July 31, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Health and Human Services outlined two pathways for importing the drugs to the U.S., a plan Secretary Alex Azar says is intended to "lower prices and reduce out of pocket costs for American patients."