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Open Enrollment is here! The time of year to review your healthcare plan. While the process may seem daunting you don't want to skimp on a review.... 

68,000 new medical codes are coming which may do more harm than good for doctors and patients alike.

Studies have concluded that when we have too many health insurance choices, we make bad decisions, meaning we pay for more insurance than we need or we don’t buy enough.

This time last year there seemed to be a new catastrophe or scandal every day related to the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. ObamaCare:  many predicted the federal website would never be up and running by the looming deadline, the cost kept escalating, private contractors publically blamed bumbling bureaucrats and vice versa. 

Everyone knows the roll out of healthcare.gov was botched, but the problems with the Affordable Care Act go a lot deeper, according to a new GAO report.

It doesn't matter if you love it or hate it, the deadline to sign up for health insurance is looming, and could cost you big bucks if it comes and you are still uninsured. 

The ACA makes it easier for older people to get health coverage, but will it lead to a stampede of older workers saying farewell to their employer-sponsored plans and hello to early retirement?

Dave Says: Health insurance can significantly reduce your health-care bills, but is getting supplemental insurance worth the added costs?

There are times you don't have to worry about paying on your long-term care insurance policy.

The terrible December jobs report shouldn't be shrugged off entirely on the polar vortex.

The September jobs report is in, and it’s a big miss at 148,000 jobs created, when economists had expected as much as 180,000.

As commodities continue to get pounded, with the majority in a severe downtrend in November, U.S. manufacturing, led by the struggling energy sector, has been pushed into a recession. 

The increasingly-confusing split between strong job growth and weak wage growth will once again be front and center Friday when the January jobs report is released.

Millions of new jobs and a rapidly falling unemployment rate have yet to translate into higher wages and bigger paychecks for most American workers.

Like the wayward son returning home from a land faraway, our equity market – after a recent retest of the August lows – came to its senses and began an unremitted sprint back of 6% in a matter of five days. 

A sharply lower fourth quarter GDP reading isn’t great news but it isn’t enough to alter the Federal Reserve’s projected timing for raising interest rates.

What is the prognosis for inflation, now that two hawks at the Fed are about to step down? The data point to watch now is the M2 money supply figure published by the central bank.

The economic impact of the riots that have swept Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb with a population of about 21,000 people, will likely depress an economy that’s already hurting.

August's upbeat existing home data are helping to boost stocks related to remodeling, replacing carpets, cabinets, and plumbing fixtures, among others. These 19 stocks are up an average of 1.10% Thursday, while the S&P 500 is flat.

Homebuilder stocks had a mixed response to Tuesday's NAHB survey, which revealed a higher-than-expected uptick in sentiment.