Samantha Fields

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The grocery delivery site Instacart just launched a new tool to help people find out if they might be eligible for SNAP benefits, and connect them to state resources. More than 42 million people currently get food assistance through SNAP, but there are many more who are eligible and not currently receiving benefits.

Despite gripes about inundations of tip requests, more people are planning to give holiday tips to regular service providers this year.

These weight loss drugs are expensive out of pocket, though. Even with insurance, high co-pays can also limit who has access to them.

New legislation introduced in both the House and Senate would make it illegal for one company to own both a pharmacy-benefit manager and a pharmacy.

Prescriptions for Wegovy have doubled and prescriptions for Zepbound have tripled in the past year.

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New data out from real estate firm CBRE shows that the average monthly mortgage payment — if you're buying a home today — is about 75% higher than it would have been in 2019.

Zillow's list of the year's hottest housing markets is dominated by affordable exurbs — small cities within 90 miles of a major one.

Same-store sales have been up at most of its more casual restaurants. But same-store sales at its finer-dining restaurants were down.