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Raising A Child Now Costs About $303,000: Study
Raising A Child Now Costs About $303,000: Study
Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,
Parents who start raising a child in 2026 will spend around $303,418 from birth to 18 years old, according to a study published April 6 by Lending Tree. The cost increased 1.9 percent from last year.
The average annual cost works out to about $16,857 over 18 years, pushing this year’s estimate over $300,000 for the first time since Lending Tree began calculating it in 2023, the online loan marketplace reported.
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Trump Says Medicare Will Soon Cover Weight-Loss Drugs
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Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump announced on May 1 that Medicare patients will soon be able to obtain coverage for weight-loss drugs for $50 per month.
Speaking at an event in Florida, Trump said the coverage for the weight-loss and diabetes medications will begin in July, referencing drugs that contain semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist.
“Today, I’m thrilled to announce that starting on July 1, we will also provide Medicare patients with the coverage for weight-loss drugs like Ozempic,...
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Wall Street's Trillion-Dollar Bet On "Tax Alpha"
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Tax alpha — the practice of improving investment returns by reducing taxes — has become one of the fastest-growing strategies on Wall Street, according to Bloomberg.
Rather than focusing only on beating the market, many investment firms now design portfolios to minimize taxes, often producing higher after-tax returns even if pre-tax performance is similar to traditional strategies.
After years of rising markets, many wealthy Americans hold large unrealized gains in stocks and funds. To address the resulting tax burden, asset managers have developed a wide...
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Apr 2, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
US Strikes Tallest Bridge in Iran After Trump Threatens To Bomb the Country Into the ‘Stone Age’
A US-Israeli strike hit the B1 bridge in Iran’s Alborz province near the capital Tehran, an attack that came after President Trump threatened to bomb the country into the “Stone Ages.” The B1 bridge is said to be one of the tallest in the Middle East, and photos show it appeared to be severed in […]
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