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Health & Benefits

If your Medicare plan will not cover Wegovy or Zepbound, there is now a $50 a month route, and five tests decide it

Aug 10, 2026

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If your Medicare plan will not cover Wegovy or Zepbound, there is now a $50 a month route, and five tests decide it

The Medicare GLP 1 Bridge opened July 1, 2026 and runs through December 31, 2027. Your plan does not have to opt in.

Student Loans & School

If your course is under 15 weeks, Pell just opened to it, and one payment period is $1,990.96 and not $7,395

Aug 9, 2026

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If your course is under 15 weeks, Pell just opened to it, and one payment period is $1,990.96 and not $7,395

The Education Department's own worked example pays $1,990.96 for one payment period, and it runs two of them. Here is why it is not $7,395.

Health & Benefits

If you have a Medicare drug plan, the 2027 benchmark went up 6 percent, and it is still not your bill

Aug 8, 2026

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If you have a Medicare drug plan, the 2027 benchmark went up 6 percent, and it is still not your bill

The federal agency that runs Medicare set the 2027 starting number at $41.33 a month. Here is why that is not what your plan will charge you, and the two dates that decide what you pay.

Taxes & IRS

If you do not itemize, up to $1,000 of what you gave to charity can come off your 2026 taxable income

Aug 8, 2026

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If you do not itemize, up to $1,000 of what you gave to charity can come off your 2026 taxable income

The IRS wrote it down on July 23. There are four ways to lose it, and one of them is a receipt you have to get before you claim.

Taxes & IRS

You could deduct up to $25,000 in tips or overtime this year, but only if your paycheck is already tracking it

Aug 6, 2026

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You could deduct up to $25,000 in tips or overtime this year, but only if your paycheck is already tracking it

Student Loans & School

Your Pell Grant can drop to zero over one extra dollar, and here is the fix

Aug 5, 2026

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Your Pell Grant can drop to zero over one extra dollar, and here is the fix

The Department's own example shows how a single dollar of outside scholarship money can zero out a $7,000 Pell Grant

Taxes & IRS

If you drive for your own business, your mileage write off went up 3.5 cents on July 1

Aug 4, 2026

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If you drive for your own business, your mileage write off went up 3.5 cents on July 1

Two rates in one tax year, and the four kinds of employee who can still use it

Taxes & IRS

If your kid was born after 2024, one form decides whether $1,000 lands in their account

Aug 3, 2026

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If your kid was born after 2024, one form decides whether $1,000 lands in their account

The Treasury deposit started moving on July 4, 2026, and nothing about it is automatic.

Veterans

Your GI Bill just started paying $987.39 more a year, and it only counts if your school is private, foreign or non degree

Aug 2, 2026

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Your GI Bill just started paying $987.39 more a year, and it only counts if your school is private, foreign or non degree

The private school cap went up $987.39. Housing moved further, and two numbers did not move at all.

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