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News Articles: Your Money

A copy of a IRS 1040 tax form is seen at an H&R Block office on the day President Donald Trump signed the Republican tax cut bill in Washington, DC on December 22, 2017 in Miami, Florida.

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  • Your Money

Have you been audited by the IRS? Tell us about it

Getting audited by the IRS can be incredibly frustrating and a little scary. NPR's Code Switch wants to hear about your experience when you found out you were being audited.

March 16, 2023
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  • James Sneed
An FDIC sign is posted on a window at a Silicon Valley Bank branch in Wellesley, Mass., on Saturday. The bank was caught in a meltdown, forcing a government takeover. The FDIC guarantees accounts up to $250,000.

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  • Your Money

The FDIC was created exactly for this kind of crisis. Here's the history

When it was established in 1933, some 4,000 banks had closed in the first few months alone. The FDIC is relying on one of its main tools — deposit insurance — to prevent more banks from failing.

March 14, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Women earn about 82 cents for every dollar men make, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. That means on March 14, women's pay catches up to what men made in 2022.

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  • Your Money

It's Equal Pay Day. The gender pay gap has hardly budged in 20 years. What gives?

Women have to work nearly 15 months to earn what a man earns in 12. And that's been true for decades.

March 14, 2023
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith
Real estate appraiser Jack Sonceau (right) and his trainee, Devin Minnis, assess a rowhome in Baltimore.

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  • National

Racial bias often creeps into home appraisals. Here's what's happening to change that

Black and Latinx homes are more likely to be undervalued by real estate appraisers, who are mostly older white men. New recruiting and technology aims to change how appraisals are done and by whom.

March 13, 2023
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
Stephanie Roth and her three children. Roth works full time but struggles to keep up with bills as prices rise. Like millions of Americans, she has found herself in mounting credit card debt.

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  • Business

Credit Card Nation: How we went from record savings to record debt in just two years

U.S. consumers had the highest savings rate on record in 2020 and credit card debt was plummeting. Now our savings is gone and debt is surging. What happened?

March 08, 2023
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
A vial of the Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, Bivalent. Though the shots are free to pretty much anyone who wants one in the U.S. as long as federal stockpiles hold out, the next update of the vaccine might be costly for some people who lack health insurance.

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  • Health

Moderna's COVID vaccine gambit: Hike the price, offer free doses for uninsured

Once U.S. stockpiles of COVID-19 vaccine run out, Moderna says it might charge as much as $130 per dose, but give people who lack health insurance a break. Critics say that's not enough help.

March 08, 2023
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin

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  • Your Money

Why we usually can't tell when a review is fake

Is that review real or fake? Most of us can't tell

March 07, 2023
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  • Paddy Hirsch
Marcus and Allyson Ward were paying off a debt dating back to the birth of their twins, Theo and Milo. They are among 100 million Americans with medical debt, according to a KHN/NPR investigation.

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  • Health

Medical debt affects millions, and advocates push IRS, consumer agency for relief

More than 50 consumer and patient groups want the Biden Administration to aggressively protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors. The effort follows a KHN/NPR investigation.

March 07, 2023
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  • Noam Levey
Savers can often find better rates on accounts from credit unions and online banks than at many major financial institutions.  Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images.

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  • Your Money

Getting a measly interest rate on your savings? Here's how to score a better deal

Many big banks offer shockingly low interest rates on savings accounts. Moving your money to a smaller institution could bring better returns.

March 04, 2023
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  • Arezou Rezvani
GPB  NPR

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  • Your Money

If you're getting financial advice from TikTok influencers don't stop there

Learning to save and invest is more accessible than ever thanks to social media. But there are potential pitfalls, say personal finance experts — including influencers themselves.

February 28, 2023
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  • Mary Yang
After her pregnancy, Danielle Laskey discovered the hospital was out of network for her health plan, and her insurer said surprise-billing laws protecting patients from big out-of-network bills for emergency care did not apply

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  • Health

A surprise-billing law loophole? Her pregnancy led to a six-figure hospital bill

Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers get around new consumer protections, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.

February 28, 2023
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  • Harris Meyer
Are we in a recession right now? Economists are divided.

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  • Economy

Is the economy headed for recession or a soft landing?

Are we in a recession? It seems like a straightforward question, but the data tells conflicting stories.

February 17, 2023
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith

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  • Your Money

Are your savings account interest rates terribly low? We want to hear from you

A lot of big banks are paying measly rates for money that's stashed away in a basic savings account. NPR is looking to talk to people who are considering moving their money for better rates.

February 16, 2023
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  • Arezou Rezvani
Rob and Chris Palliser own Scott's Flowers, a Manhattan based flower shop, with their brother. Valentine's Day is the biggest day of the year for their business.

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  • Business

20,000 roses, inflation and night terrors: the life of a florist on Valentine's Day

It's the biggest day of the year for the $8 billion global flower industry, but it's not all that profitable. Why? Blame the roses.

February 14, 2023
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
Paul Davis is a retired physician in Findlay, Ohio, who gets weekly treatments of the drug Kimmtrak to help stave off the progression of his rare cancer — uveal melanoma. He worries the accumulating cost of the drug — nearly $50,000/week if he has to pay it out of pocket — could saddle his family with crushing medical debt after he's gone.

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  • Health

Nearly $50,000 a week for a cancer drug? A man worries about bankrupting his family

Medicare suddenly stopped paying for the pricey drug that prolongs his life. As he waits for an appeal, this retired physician wonders if he should give up treatment to spare his family the cost.

February 14, 2023
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  • Fred Schulte
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