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Title: The US is mailing Americans free COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them
Article Snip: "...reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four at-home COVID nasal swab kits through the website, covidtests.gov. The tests will begin shipping, via the United States Postal Service, as soon as next week. ..."
Reference: www.dailybreeze.comTitle: Social Security COLA 2025: Retirees Should Be Prepared for Bad News and More Bad News
Article Snip: "...The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release September's CPI-W information in early October, and the SSA is expected to announce the COLA based on that data later in the month. Until then, we won't know exactly what the adjustment will look like. However, some experts are already making predictions, based on inflation data so far this year. Analysts at advocacy group The Senior Citizens League, for example, estimated in mid-September that the 2025 COLA will be 2.5%...."
Reference: www.fool.comTitle: Trump promises to halt taxes on Social Security; cites 'inflation nightmare' for seniors
Article Snip: "..."To help seniors on fixed incomes who are suffering the ravages of Comrade Kamala Harris' inflation nightmare — I'm promising NO TAX on SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS!" he wrote on X. ..."
Reference: www.foxbusiness.comArticle Snip: "...U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Garret Graves (R-LA-06) today officially filed a discharge petition and are building support to force a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on their bipartisan legislation to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).
Spanberger and Graves filed a discharge petition to force a vote on the U.S. House floor on their bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act. The legislation would eliminate both the WEP and the GPO, two provisions added to the Social Security Act in 1983 that unfairly reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for millions of Americans who have devoted much of their careers to public service — including federal employees..."
Title: Did you know FSAs can help pay for these items?
Article Snip: "The special spending accounts cover the costs of many products and services...A dependent care FSA can be used for child care, before- and after-school care and day care.
The IRS determines which expenses can be reimbursed by an FSA.
The FSAFEDS website has a complete list of products and services that are eligible for reimbursement under an FSA. ...
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Title: 'Night Owls' More Likely to Develop Type 2 Diabetes
Article Snip: "...Folks who like to stay up late are nearly 50% more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those who go to bed earlier, a new study finds.
However, it’s not just because they have an unhealthy lifestyle, according to findings presented...
night owls might be able to improve their health by altering the timing of meals, van der Velde said."
Title: This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice
Article Snip: "...The finding, published in the journal Science, suggests that it may eventually be possible to reverse some symptoms of Alzheimer’s in people, using drugs that boost brain metabolism. ..."
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