AP Spotlight PERSONAL FINANCE | ADVICE How to deal with fresh health insurance deductibles in the new year TOM MURPHY Associated Press Feb 8, 2025 Feb 8, 2025 Updated Aug 11, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many Americans with high-deductible health insurance plans face a cold reality at the start of every year.kAm%9@D6 565F4E:3=6D H:== 92G6 E@ 36 A2:5 367@C6 >@DE 4@G6C286 DE2CED] %92E 42? >62? E9@FD2?5D @7 5@==2CD :? 7C6D9 962=E9 42C6 3:==D]k^AmkAm$F49 7:?2?4:2= 9:ED 42? 36 3CFE2= 7@C A2E:6?ED H:E9 42?46C @C @E96C 49C@?:4 4@?5:E:@?D] %96J >2J 92G6 >6E E96:C 565F4E:3=6D =2DE J62C[ @?=J E@ D66 E96> C6D6E :? y2?F2CJ]k^AmkAm!2E:6?ED H9@ FD6 E2I\6I6>AE 244@F?ED E@ D6E 2D:56 >@?6J 42? D@7E6? 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Health-care Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows TOM MURPHY Associated Press
Wellness Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press
Wellness Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back MIKE STOBBE Associated Press
Crime & Courts Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses decision to put a time limit on anesthesia By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer
Escrow shortages surge, another sign of the housing crisis Even as the vast majority of Americans continue to opt for fixed-rate mortgages, the ancillary costs of ownership fluctuate, mainly upward.
