A toddler who desperately needed care was turned away by Allina Health. The reason: the 3-year-old had too many outstanding bills. We learned the wealthy health-system often cuts off care to patients in debt. With the indomitable Sarah Kliff nytimes.com/2023/06/01/bus…

The The New York Times' new podcast, The Headlines, summarizes the top stories of the day. In today's episode, I discussed the end of the student loan payment pause. You can follow the link below, or find it on the NYT Audio app in the App Store. nytimes.com/2023/06/05/pod…

"For decades, making television shows was similar in some ways to the early days of automaking: A team of writers would be involved in all parts of the production. Many of those who wrote scripts were also on set..." Not anymore. nytimes.com/2023/07/20/bus…

Discharging student debt became far more difficult over the past four decades, Tara Siegel Bernard notes. Under new guidelines, each piece of the discharge test becomes easier to pass if the debtor can check certain boxes. nyti.ms/3OqUe8V

Discharging student debt became far more difficult over the past four decades, Tara Siegel Bernard notes. Under new guidelines, each piece of the discharge test becomes easier to pass if the debtor can check certain boxes. nyti.ms/3OODFoF

The Biden administration's new student loan repayment plan -- called SAVE-- is officially open for enrollment. Like other income-driven repayment plans, payments are based on your income and family size, but this is the most generous by far. More details: nytimes.com/2023/08/22/you…

Tara Siegel Bernard reports on SAVE, a new income-driven repayment plan to significantly cut federal student loan payments, eventually by as much as half. nyti.ms/3QXfllU

Many of these children being dropped from Medicaid are likely still eligible for coverage, and are simply getting caught up in bureaucratic red tape, nowhere more so than in Texas.

This is disturbing but unfortunately in no way surprising. washingtonpost.com/health/2023/08…

Something deeply, deeply broken in a system where NYC child care is both - so expensive for buyers, that NYC families have to make $300k to make it affordable (<7% total hhld income) - so meager for providers, that a quarter of child care workers in the city live in poverty

Social Security Benefits Will Rise 3.2% in 2024 nytimes.com/2023/10/12/you… via NYT Business Tara Siegel Bernard

Retirees and their dependents receive more than three-quarters of all Social Security benefits paid, but millions of other beneficiaries will also receive the increase, Tara Siegel Bernard notes. nyti.ms/46M87WD

✍🏼 paper checks is a high-risk endeavor: It provides the raw materials for low-level fraud artists and sophisticated crime rings, and even though banks know about the problem, many freeze or shut down customer accounts why investigating. buff.ly/3uUWWNO via Tara Siegel Bernard

An inside look at how one group of cybercriminals convinced a retired lawyer they needed his help. Since the "bad guys" in this context are so elusive, education and heightened awareness are our best defense for now. More to come. nytimes.com/2024/07/29/bus…

A Ugandan man named Jalil Muyeke traveled to Thailand for a promising job opportunity. He ended up being trafficked into a cybercrime operation. nyti.ms/3AUz00a

“Romance scams are the most pernicious.” - Darius Kingsley of JPMorgan Chase The latest in Tara Siegel Bernard's terrific and scary series on online cons. nytimes.com/2024/10/31/bus…