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While rising energy prices can lead to higher heating and cooling costs, any spike in energy bills should invite further investigation. If your home’s heating and cooling bills are higher than normal, checking with your neighbors to see if they’ve noticed similar cost increases is a good first step. If owners of similar sized homes in your area are not noticing higher utility bills, it may be time to take a closer look at specific aspects of your home’s heating and cooling system.The individual components…

How much money would make you happy? According to the average American, the price tag comes in around $1.2 million.New research from Empower, a leader in financial planning, investing and advice, reveals 6 in 10 Americans believe money can buy happiness, though just 17% say financial contentment is about reaching a certain net worth. It turns out that a little goes a long way and incremental financial wins can make a massive impact on Americans' well-being."Every generation has grappled with questions…

No one wants to lose their job. Not only does it impact your income, but losing your job often means losing access to your health insurance.Maintaining medical, dental and vision insurance is critical for your health and well-being. If your employer-provided health insurance also includes coverage for your family, it’s doubly important to find out how to continue to access your health insurance coverage. Check out these five tips to help you along your health insurance journey post-job loss.1. Talk…

Wireless shopping can be difficult, confusing and stressful, whether you're shopping for your parents, kids, grandparents, yourself or anyone else on your list. This holiday season, Metro by T-Mobile makes it easy, simple and stress free to find the perfect wireless gifts for everyone on your list. Check out these five ideas for memorable tech gifts for your loved ones (and yourself!) this holiday season.1. 5G your home internetYou don't have to break the bank to get your home internet connection.…

During the month of November, we honor our nation's veterans for their hard work and dedication to protect everyone's freedoms. It's also an important time to recognize their freedom and desire to live a high quality of life after their service is complete. To do this, veterans need access to the health care they have earned.Veterans deserve safe and cost-effective health servicesOngoing health care provider shortages, coupled with an increasing number of veterans seeking care with new authorizations…

This is the season when many Americans do a lot of online and retail shopping as well as charitable giving. That is why it’s important for consumers to be conscious of financial scams to protect their identities, bank accounts and monetary transactions. From check fraud and peer-to-peer digital payments (i.e., Zelle, Venmo, Paypal or CashApp) to imposters posing as representatives of banks, roughly three-quarters of Americans reported being targeted by scams last year.The Consumer Bankers Association…