Medicare coverage will change in 2025. Some boomers are already struggling to keep up with their medical bills.

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Older Americans can now choose their 2025 Medicare plan. Some are already struggling to pay bills.

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Prices are improving. So why is everyone still so worked up about inflation?

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Angry eyebrows over crumpled-up bills

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Putin's expanded BRICS summit proves he has friends — but risks buckling under its own contradictions

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow on Friday.

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2 of the world's biggest oil producers are looking for new ways to power their economies

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Russia and Saudi Arabia are rethinking their economies.

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Meet the 'silver squatters': Adults in their mid-50s who are woefully unprepared for retirement

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Nearly half of Gen Xers think they will need to postpone retirement, a Prudential survey found.

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Elon Musk says people should worry less about the cost of having children, and 'start immediately'

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Elon Musk encouraged people to have kids immediately at a pro-Trump rally on Saturday.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said people worry too much about the cost of raising children.

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Big banks are bracing for losses as Americans struggle to pay off debt

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Chief, the networking group for executive women, has laid off staff

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Chief, cofounded by Lindsay Kaplan and Carolyn Childers, has laid off staff.

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Trump cooks fries at McDonald's as he attempts to cast doubt on Harris' earlier employment at the chain

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Former President Donald Trump used his McDonald's visit to cast doubt on a part of Vice President Kamala Harris' life story.

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We heard from 1,000 older Americans: Here are some of their biggest regrets

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Older Americans said they wished they had saved more for their retirement and emergencies.

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