Category: Cost of Living
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Pfizer’s Eucrisa eczema ointment lists at $158.48 on TrumpRx, against $792.40
Pfizer’s Eucrisa, a prescription ointment for eczema, is listed on TrumpRx at $158.48 against an original price of $792.40. The federal discount site shows a 60-gram tube, a savings of $633.92 and an 80 percent discount. The page calls it an out-of-pocket price and tells shoppers with insurance to check their copay first. The tube…
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TrumpRx lists Pfizer’s Toviaz bladder pill from $43.50 against a $290 price
Pfizer’s Toviaz, a daily pill for overactive bladder, is listed on TrumpRx from $43.50 for 30 tablets, against a $290 original price. The listing is a cash price, and the page itself tells shoppers with insurance to check their copay first because it may be even lower. That advice matters most to the older adults…
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TrumpRx lists Bristol Myers Squibb’s Sotyktu at $743, against $7,135.55
A 30-day supply of Sotyktu is $743 on TrumpRx, down from an original price of $7,135.55. The federal drug-discount site lists Bristol Myers Squibb’s 6 mg tablets under that figure on its Presidential deals page, with a savings of $6,392.55 and a label of 90 percent off. The Sotyktu page calls the amount an out-of-pocket…
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North Carolina’s attorney general says Duke Energy Progress’s proposed rate hike would cost customers nearly $960 million more than necessary over two years
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson says a rate increase Duke Energy Progress wants would cost its customers nearly $960 million more than necessary over two years. Jackson’s office made the case in an Oct. 6 statement, and he has refused to sign onto the utility’s request. The North Carolina Utilities Commission, which sets the…
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Wisconsin’s winter ban on utility disconnections of residential heating runs Nov. 1 to April 15, and applications for the state’s regular heating-aid payment are taken through May 15
Wisconsin customers who fall behind on a heating bill are protected from a shutoff for five and a half months starting Nov. 1. The Public Service Commission says the winter moratorium on disconnections runs from Nov. 1 to April 15 every year. The state’s home energy assistance program, WHEAP, has been taking applications since Oct.…
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Massachusetts adds a heating-oil benefit of up to $680 for about 50,000 middle-income households this winter, on top of fuel aid that starts Nov. 1
A Massachusetts household that earns too much for ordinary fuel assistance may still get help with an oil bill this winter. Gov. Maura Healey’s office announced on Oct. 5 a new benefit of up to $680 for about 50,000 middle-income households, and it sits on top of the state’s regular heating aid, which begins taking…
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TrumpRx lists Amgen’s Enbrel at $3,353.93 for four autoinjectors against a $9,177.30 original price, but people on government-funded insurance cannot use it
Amgen’s Enbrel is on TrumpRx at $3,353.93, and that price comes with a rule that shuts out a large group of older patients. The federal discount site lists a four-pack of 50 mg Sureclick autoinjectors against an original price of $9,177.30, a drop of $5,823.37 that the page labels 63 percent off. The same page…
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Hurricane Isaias shut in about 1.3 million barrels a day of Gulf oil production as crews evacuated 130 platforms and rigs, the Energy Department says
The first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season has emptied a large part of the Gulf of Mexico’s oil patch. As of Oct. 8, about 1.3 million barrels a day of crude production were shut in and crews had been pulled off 130 production platforms and rigs, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the…
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The Energy Department expects diesel to average $4.49 a gallon in 2027
Diesel is not expected to stay at $6.28 a gallon forever. The Energy Department’s October outlook has retail diesel averaging $4.49 a gallon in 2027, after an average of $5.19 for 2026. The text of the Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Oct. 6 by the department’s Energy Information Administration, rounds the 2027 figure to “about $4.50.”…
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Energy Department now sees Brent crude averaging $105 a barrel this quarter
The government’s oil forecasters raised their number by $14 a barrel. In its Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Oct. 6, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, part of the Energy Department, expects Brent crude to average $105 a barrel in the fourth quarter of 2026. That is $14 higher than last month’s outlook, which by that math…