Author: Elizabeth Blessing
-
Got a July or August 700Credit notice? You can claim $50 by September 22
A data-breach letter is easy to treat as routine junk mail, but one arriving from 700Credit this summer carries a concrete deadline and a possible cash choice. The court-authorized settlement process is open only to people sent a notice in July or August 2026. A valid notice can support a $50 claim without documented losses,…
-
Kia tells 462,869 Telluride owners to park outside until a second free fire fix
A safety repair is supposed to close the book on a recall. For nearly half a million Kia Telluride households, however, a power-seat fire problem has returned with a new remedy and an unusually urgent instruction: keep the SUV away from garages and other structures until the work is done. The repair is free, but…
-
Victims of a romance ring drained retirement accounts and sold homes; its launderer got 70 months
A Maryland woman was sentenced to 70 months and ordered to pay $1,655,640.76 for laundering romance scam proceeds through a shell company.
-
Labcorp patients have until September 3 to take $50 from a $35 million breach settlement
The Labcorp track of the AMCA data breach litigation offers a $50 alternative cash payment or up to $5,000 in documented losses. Claims close September 3, 2026.
-
Heating oil costs 42.9% more than it did a year ago
The CPI fuel oil index rose 42.9 percent over the 12 months ending June 2026, while piped gas rose 3.0 percent and electricity 4.0 percent.
-
New York budgeted $1 billion for energy rebate checks scheduled to mail starting in September
New York’s FY27 Enacted Budget provides $1 billion in POWER energy rebate checks of $200, $150 or $100, scheduled to mail between September and December 2026.
-
California utility customers get the climate credit twice this summer, worth $98.72 in San Diego
The California Climate Credit moves to August and September in 2026. SDG&E customers get $49.36 twice, PG&E $36.18 and SCE $36.00, applied automatically.
-
Extra Medicare pay for small rural hospitals expires December 31
Under current law, Medicare-Dependent Hospital payments and the temporary low-volume hospital adjustment expire December 31, 2026, unless Congress acts.
-
A Medicare rule finalized this week requires all rehab therapy to start within 36 hours
CMS finalized a revision requiring that all — not just some — therapies begin within 36 hours of admission to an inpatient rehabilitation facility.
-
The subsidy holding down standalone Medicare drug premiums ends after 2026
CMS is ending the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration after 2026. The 2027 national average monthly bid amount is $296.05, and plan premiums arrive in September.
