http://www.mail.com/subjects/12014-personal-spending.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12014-personal-spending.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay. To try to keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers to charge patients a hefty share of the cost for expensive medications u... Mon, 13 May 2013 07:12:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html 2013-05-13T07:12:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076062-obama-declared-health-care-law-is-to-stay.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect. With his legacy and the law's success at stake, Obama said: "The law is here to stay." Behind the scenes, the White Hous... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:23:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076062-obama-declared-health-care-law-is-to-stay.html 2013-05-10T21:23:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073630-ims-us-medicine-spending-rare-dip-2012.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on use of health care services. Patients also benefited from a surge of new, inexpensive generic versions of widely used drugs for chronic conditions like high cholesterol, according to... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073630-ims-us-medicine-spending-rare-dip-2012.html 2013-05-09T15:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2071444-high-hospital-bills-public-will-help.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city. Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a myst... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:53:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2071444-high-hospital-bills-public-will-help.html 2013-05-08T23:53:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069366-us-consumers-cut-credit-card-use-march.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans cut back on using their credit cards in March, suggesting many were reluctant to take on high-interest debt to make purchases. Consumer borrowing rose just $8 billion in March from February to a seasonally adjusted $2.81 trillion, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. It was the smallest increase in eight months. The gain was drive... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:21:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069366-us-consumers-cut-credit-card-use-march.html 2013-05-07T20:21:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2056010-uk-police-to-track-dementia-patients-using-gps.html LONDON (AP) — A British police force is hoping to save time and money by giving a few dementia patients GPS tracking devices, a technique already used by health and welfare agencies but condemned by some campaigners as "barbaric." Last week, Sussex police in southeast England announced a plan to buy GPS devices for a few people with dementia who are at hi... Wed, 01 May 2013 16:22:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2056010-uk-police-to-track-dementia-patients-using-gps.html 2013-05-01T16:22:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2054438-shoppers-face-hurdles-finding-ethical-clothing.html NEW YORK (AP) — You can recycle your waste, grow your own food and drive a fuel-efficient car. But being socially responsible isn't so easy when it comes to the clothes on your back. Take Jason and Alexandra Lawrence of Lyons, Colo. The couple eat locally grown food that doesn't have to be transported from far-flung states. They fill up their diesel-power... Wed, 01 May 2013 02:39:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2054438-shoppers-face-hurdles-finding-ethical-clothing.html 2013-05-01T02:39:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046154-internet-sales-tax-bill-to-hit-roadblock-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to require Internet shoppers to pay sales taxes for online purchases may be cruising through the Senate but it will soon hit a roadblock in the House. "There's a lot of political difficulty getting through the fog of it looking like a tax increase," said Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., one of the main sponsors of the bill in the House.... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:28:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046154-internet-sales-tax-bill-to-hit-roadblock-house.html 2013-04-26T16:28:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2044740-boston-victims-face-huge-bills-donations-pour.html Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee's rehab? Often tens of thousands of dollars more. These are just a fraction of the medical expenses victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will face. The mammoth price tag is probably not what patients are focusing on ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:55:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2044740-boston-victims-face-huge-bills-donations-pour.html 2013-04-26T03:55:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040968-long-term-care-aging-us-me-poll.html WASHINGTON (AP) — We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning. In fact, 3 in 10 would rathe... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:49:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040968-long-term-care-aging-us-me-poll.html 2013-04-24T17:49:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017314-medicare-hike-hit-middle-class.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired as a city worker, Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn't see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama's budget would raise her Medicare premiums and those of other comfortably retired seniors, adding to a surcharge tha... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:59:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017314-medicare-hike-hit-middle-class.html 2013-04-13T07:59:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday. First details of the plan emerged after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified to C... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html 2013-04-12T20:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2007924-austin-city-ultra-fast-google-fiber.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Google Inc. picked tech-savvy Austin on Tuesday as the next city where the search giant will wire homes with ultra-fast Internet connections, but did not say how much customers will pay or when the fiber-optic experiment might expand elsewhere in the U.S. Austin and Kansas City are the only places to get Google Fiber — a broadband ser... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:10:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2007924-austin-city-ultra-fast-google-fiber.html 2013-04-09T23:10:26Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2006240-exec-threatens-to-pull-fox-signal-aereo.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A top executive with the owner of the Fox broadcast network on Monday threatened to convert the network to a pay-TV-only channel if Internet startup Aereo Inc. continues to "steal" Fox's over-the-air signal and sell it to consumers without paying for rights. Anyone with an antenna can pick up a TV station's signals for free. But cable a... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:22:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2006240-exec-threatens-to-pull-fox-signal-aereo.html 2013-04-09T12:22:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2000154-obama-seeks-deal-proposes-cuts-to-social-security.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as reductions, loathed by liberals, in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs. The plan, if ever enacted, could touch almost all Americans. The rich would see tax increases, the... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:41:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2000154-obama-seeks-deal-proposes-cuts-to-social-security.html 2013-04-05T21:41:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1993150-obamacare-credits-trigger-surprise-tax-bills.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income. President Barack Obama's new health care law will offer subsidies to help people buy private health insurance on state-based exchanges, if they don't alr... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:56:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1993150-obamacare-credits-trigger-surprise-tax-bills.html 2013-04-02T16:56:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1984476-scooter-ads-face-scrutiny-govt-doctors.html WASHINGTON (AP) — TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an "active" lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon, fishing on a pier and high-fiving their grandchildren at a baseball game. The commercials, which promise freedom and independence to people with limited mobility, have driven the nearly $1 billion U.S. market for p... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:38:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1984476-scooter-ads-face-scrutiny-govt-doctors.html 2013-03-28T21:38:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1981624-study-health-law-to-raise-claims-cost-32-percent.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. What does that mean for you? It could increase premiums for at least some Americans. If you are uninsured, or you buy your policy directly from... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1981624-study-health-law-to-raise-claims-cost-32-percent.html 2013-03-27T16:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1981536-panera-trying-pay-what-you-want-experiment.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Order a bowl of turkey chili at a St. Louis-area Panera Bread cafe and it'll cost you a penny. Or $5. Or $100. In other words, whatever you decide. Three years after launching the first of five pay-what-you-want cafes, the suburban St. Louis-based chain on Wednesday quietly began its latest charitable venture that takes the concept on a t... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:06:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1981536-panera-trying-pay-what-you-want-experiment.html 2013-03-27T05:06:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1979500-gypsies-flock-to-bridal-fair-parents-negotiate.html STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria (AP) — Donka Hristova lets her mother pull her skintight mini-dress a half-inch down her leg. Checking her makeup one last time, she joins her two younger sisters in a provocative dance. The Gypsy girl knows she has to look her best. She is, after all, on an important life mission: catching the eye of one of the hundreds of young Gy... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:56:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1979500-gypsies-flock-to-bridal-fair-parents-negotiate.html 2013-03-26T14:56:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1964262-ap-costs-us-wars-linger-100-years.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat. An Associated Press analysis of federal payment records found that the government is still making monthly payments to relatives of Civil War ve... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:03:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1964262-ap-costs-us-wars-linger-100-years.html 2013-03-19T09:03:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1958296-wrestle-with-gambling-rooms-fla-probe.html ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The charity-run businesses under investigation in a Florida gambling probe started popping up in strip malls about six years ago and rapidly spread as the unregulated stores became a billion-dollar enterprise. One of the industry's biggest players was toppled this week when about 50 people were arrested in a handful of states, ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:38:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1958296-wrestle-with-gambling-rooms-fla-probe.html 2013-03-15T21:38:18Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1951406-insurers-warn-overhaul-induced-sticker-shock.html Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation's big health insurers say they expect premiums — or the cost for insurance coverage — to rise from 20 to 100 percent for millions of people due to changes that will occur when key provisions of the Affordable C... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:51:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1951406-insurers-warn-overhaul-induced-sticker-shock.html 2013-03-13T16:51:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1938540-us-household-wealth-regains-pre-recession-peak.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It took 5½ years. Surging stock prices and steady home-price increases have finally allowed Americans to regain the $16 trillion in wealth they lost to the Great Recession. The gains are helping support the economy and could lead to further spending and growth. The recovered wealth — most of it from higher stock price... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:28:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1938540-us-household-wealth-regains-pre-recession-peak.html 2013-03-07T23:28:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932318-martha-stewart-denies-wrongdoing-penney-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Home decor and food guru Martha Stewart testified in court on Tuesday that she did nothing wrong when she signed an agreement to open shops within most of J.C. Penney's stores across the country. Stewart testified in New York State Supreme Court in a trial over whether the company she founded breached its contract to sell cookware, bedding... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:31:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1932318-martha-stewart-denies-wrongdoing-penney-deal.html 2013-03-06T00:31:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1922986-struggling-groupon-ousts-ceo-andrew-mason.html NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling online deals pioneer Groupon has fired its quirky founder and CEO, Andrew Mason, amid worries that people are tiring of the restaurant, spa and Botox deals that Groupon built its business on. In a refreshingly candid memo to staff, Mason admitted he "failed at this part of the journey" and said Groupon's employees "deserve the o... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:26:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1922986-struggling-groupon-ousts-ceo-andrew-mason.html 2013-03-01T02:26:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920366-boston-fraternity-raises-funds-pledge-surgery.html BOSTON (AP) — A college fraternity in Boston has raised more than twice the money needed to pay for a new pledge's gender transition surgery. The Phi Alpha Tau fraternity at Emerson College began raising money for sophomore Donnie Collins early this month after his insurance company wouldn't cover his breast removal surgery. Their initial goal was $4,800,... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:32:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920366-boston-fraternity-raises-funds-pledge-surgery.html 2013-02-27T23:32:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1907748-govs-to-hear-oregon-health-care-plan.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber will brief other state leaders this weekend on his plan to lower Medicaid costs, touting an overhaul that President Barack Obama highlighted in his State of the Union address for its potential to lower the deficit even as health care expenses climb. The Oregon Democrat leaves for Washington, D.C., on Friday to... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:01:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1907748-govs-to-hear-oregon-health-care-plan.html 2013-02-22T09:01:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1902528-greeces-weakened-workforce-starts-to-crack.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Looking out across a room full of reporters gathered to welcome French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday, Greece's President Karolos Papoulias gave a stark warning about the state of the country after three harsh years of government spending cuts, joblessness and tax hikes. "We are faced with a societal explosion if any more pre... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:03:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1902528-greeces-weakened-workforce-starts-to-crack.html 2013-02-20T17:03:27Z