Tips for getting homeowners insurance
from CNN Money Personal Finance
1. Loyalty is overrated
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Vital Signs: Workers pay bigger share of health costs
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Many recession-battered employers passed on a bigger share of health-insurance costs to workers or made their benefits less comprehensive this year, even though premium costs grew only modestly, a new study found.
Hospitals work to keep patients safe, and at home
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
About one in five Medicare patients suffers complications or other health problems that send them back to the hospital within a month of going home — and a lack of communication between hospitals and patients about follow-up care is a major reason why, experts say.
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Realty Q&A: Short-sale advice for seller with home-equity line
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
A homeowner with three outstanding mortgage loans, including a home-equity line of credit, is wondering whether to pay off that credit line before or after the home sale goes through. And: Be wary of mortgage brokers who insist that homeowner’s title insurance is required.
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Video: Tips to Prevent Kids’ Hearing Loss
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
The portion of teenagers with hearing loss jumped nearly a third in the last 20 years. In this week’s Health Minute, MarketWatch’s Kristen Gerencher discusses what parents should know about symptoms, prevention — and portable music players.
Personal Finance Daily: More health benefits — and higher costs, too
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
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Vital Signs: Large employers recast health plans for 2011
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
U.S. workers may want to brace themselves for a new set of health-care tradeoffs.
Jennifer Waters’s Consumer Confidential: What you shouldn’t tell your insurer
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Everyone knows, or should know, that you should never lie to your insurance company — that would be fraud — but what you say and what you do does matter.
Coming up: Weekly jobless claims
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Labor Department’s weekly data for unemployment insurance is due for release at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Economists polled by MarketWatch expect initial claims for regular state benefits to fall to 463,000 for the week ended August 7, compared with a level of 479,000 for the prior week. [...]
Initial jobless claims rise 2,000 to 484,000
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The number of initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance benefits rose 2,000 to 484,000 in the week ended August 7, reaching the highest level since February, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a level of 463,000. [...]