Americans are going into 2026 more anxious about health care costs than at any other point in recent years, a new West Health-Gallup survey finds. Almost half of adults, 47%, say they’re worried they ...

SNAP benefits at risk due to the government shutdown, the AG putting Big Tech on trial, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x Jacob McDonald knows he’s lucky to have a good health insurance plan through ...

It now costs $5 million over a lifetime to fund eight key components of the American dream, including homeownership and raising children, according to a new analysis from Investopedia. Everyone’s ...

U.S. businesses are facing the biggest health-insurance cost increases in at least 15 years, after already-steep boosts in recent years that have pushed the annual expense for family coverage high ...

A survey shows employers expect a sharp increase in benefit costs for next year, and many will want workers to shoulder more of the burden. By Reed Abelson Employees of large and small companies are ...

Don’t slash expenses blindly — strategic cost-cutting can make your business leaner, more agile and more scalable. The key lies in understanding your costs, cutting costs in the right places and ...

How Americans fill their shopping carts at the grocery store is partly driven by prices. About six-in-ten U.S. adults say food costs are extremely or very important to them when deciding what food to ...

Buyers may be able to get closing cost assistance to reduce the cash they need to close. Your state's housing financial authority is a good place to begin looking for closing cost help. These programs ...

The cost of raising a child varies by state, by as much as $439,000. Raising kids has always been costly, but inflation and regional price differences have made it even harder for families to keep up.

The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that the agency is making cuts to grants that support research institutions by limiting the amount of indirect funding for research projects to just ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, ...

Electric cars are quick, green and often packed with novel technology. But that’s not enough to convince most people to kick gasoline to the curb. They need to know: Will an EV cost me extra or save ...