Health insurance
Evaluate annually If you get health insurance through an employer, review your options each year during the open-enrollment season. Last year’s plan may not suit you this year. Did you get married? Divorced? Perhaps it’s cheaper to opt out of your plan and add yourself to your spouse’s plan. Here’s your chance to switch [...]
1. Request interest rate/fee reductions
Depending on the balances on your credit cards, you could save hundreds of dollars each year by making a few simple phone calls. When speaking to a representative, bring up the fact that you’ve always paid your bills on time and often pay more than the minimum amount due.
2. Ask service [...]
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President-elect Obama has pledged to lift the seven-year ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research — a boon for the field. But for some scientists, it almost doesn’t matter. Researchers at Harvard and Columbia reported a milestone experiment in July, using a new method — one that doesn’t [...]