Claudette, a nurse in Eastern Connecticut, faces an unenviable choice: Pay as much as $3,000 in an out of court settlement to a Miami lawfirm or take a chance that her full identify is revealed if a porn company files a lawsuit against her for illegally downloading pirated pornographic movies from the Internet. Claudette...
Time share salesmen can be incredibly persuasive. They will show you on paper how you will save big bucks on your vacations by staying in their lovely condos for next to nothing. But what do you do when you discover that after a couple of years you no longer want to go to the...
There are more than 500 Internet sites that offer coupons and discount codes, but most are not worth your time. Thanks to Kelli B. Grant’s SmartMoney column, you now have a list of the best to work with to save lots of money. Coupon Network by Catalina DealNews DropDownDeals RetailMeNot Coupons.com Coupon Cabin And...
Think you have little privacy now, wait until FICO, the company whose credit scores are frequently used to guage your credit worth, launches a new program that will allow companies to determine how likely you are to take your medicine properly. In a recent New York Times article, FICO has “developed a new FICO...
From Angela Krok In January our apartment complex, the Pavilions in Manchester, CT, suffered severe water damage in 400+ of its 1000 apartments. It took more than 4 weeks for someone to come LOOK at the damage in our apartment. We lived with buckets and wet carpet for more than a month, had to...
Some state lawmakers finally seem to be grasping the concept that Medicaid is going bankrupt because the program is designed to direct most resources to institutions like nursing homes, and precious little to much less expensive home- or community-based care. But efforts are underway to change the flow of tax dollars away from institutions,...
Anthem Blue Cross is informing its customers in California that it is eliminating automatic card payment plans and will soon start charging $15 “convenience” fees for using your credit cards. So is Connecticut far behind? I doubt it. According to LATimes Consumer Columnist David Lazarus: “To make payments without additional charges, Anthem says, members can...
AARP today announced two new online tools to help Connecticut’s more than 562,000 Medicare members—and their loved ones—better understand their quarterly Medicare Summary Notices, which list the medical services and supplies billed to Medicare for their care. Health care fraud costs Americans billions of dollars each year, but a careful reading of each Medicare...
“Among the crowded ranks of healthy food trends — quinoa, farm-to-table, whole whole grains — one food category is growing into a genuine, industry juggernaut: gluten-free.,” says CNBC financial news. ” Once confined to specialty health stores and bakeries, the category is fast becoming mainstream, with more gluten-free foods available at more retailers. Subway...