admin Stokkete / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on The Penny Hoarder. Medicare doesn’t cover all your health care costs. In fact, Medicare Part A and Part B — also known as Original Medicare — includes several coverage gaps. In general, Original Medicare doesn’t cover: Prescription drugs Hearing aids Most vision care, including eyeglasses … Read more
Getting vaccinated can protect you from a bad outcome if you become infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. But there is another way to keep the virus at bay, and it offers many other benefits as well. Those who exercise regularly have lower rates of hospitalization or death following infection, according to new research … Read more
Dim-Dimich / Shutterstock.com Note: If you don’t want to read this entire article, start with the ending. Then I guarantee you’ll read the whole thing. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing our daily lives in ways we may not even realize. From personal assistants on our smartphones to self-driving cars, AI is becoming an increasingly … Read more
baranq / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Self. Prior to the pandemic, self-employment was on the decline and had been falling since 2004. When the economic shutdown occurred in the spring of 2020, nearly 22 million workers lost their jobs and the self-employment rate rose to 10.5%. The following year, workers began … Read more
The Chase Freedom Flex℠ Card is one of the most popular no-annual-fee cash-back credit cards on the market. That’s due in part to its distinctive rewards program, which pays up to 5% cash back on select purchases. The centerpiece of that 5% cash-back tier is a set of quarterly rotating bonus spending categories. These categories … Read more
Prostock-studio / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on FlexJobs.com. It’s no secret that having a positive outlook on life can make everyday work tasks more enjoyable. But when it comes to your career, negative thinking and behavior can sabotage your dream job before it even gets off the ground. If you’re constantly putting … Read more
Daniel Korzeniewski / Shutterstock.com Last year was a roller coaster for the housing market. At the beginning of the year, home values soared. But by December, higher mortgage rates and other factors had brought housing sales to a standstill in many places. As the calendar turns to 2023, the cooling in housing is likely to … Read more
The Discover it® Cash Back card is one of the most popular no-annual-fee cash-back credit cards around. In large part, its popularity is due to a tiered rewards program that features a selection of rotating 5% cash-back categories. Spending eligible to earn 5% cash back is capped at $1,500 per quarter across all bonus categories … Read more
Tada Images / Shutterstock.com If you haven’t heard of ChatGPT, chances are good that you will soon. This OpenAI chatbot launched in November and has stunned users with its ability to answer questions in a conversational format and to convincingly generate text that mimics how real-life, flesh-and-blood humans write. Many people — particularly those who … Read more
Shoppers looking to save money on groceries trust three retailers most: Aldi, H-E-B and Walmart. The trio of retailers took the top honors for affordability in BrandSpark International’s fifth annual grocery edition of the BrandSpark Most Trusted Awards. BrandSpark, a marketing research firm, surveyed more than 10,000 American shoppers to find out which grocery store … Read more