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Forget Costco's New Health Plan If You Plan On Starting A Family

Sky-high deductibles are just the start.

The cost of raising a child

Vancouver financial planner Odette Morin remembers doing some research for a client who was debating whether or not to have children. The woman wanted to get a sense of just how much cash she'd be forking ...

Safety isn’t cheap: County official tells supervisors that an air quality alert system is feasible, but it would come ...

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Alerting Muscatine County residents through an automated telephone call that air quality may be harmful on a particular day is feasible, but it would come with a cost.

Medicare and the $500 billion bogeyman

Republicans and their allies are dusting off an old $500 billion deception about Medicare, trying once more to scare seniors into voting their way.

'Budget for Battlers' explained

SO, Treasurer Wayne Swan stuck to his guns and conjured up a surplus. Find out how his 2012 Budget affects you.

How the Budget affects you: Use our calculator

SO, Treasurer Wayne Swan stuck to his guns and conjured up a surplus. Find out how his 2012 Budget affects you.

Debt crisis: as it happened, April 25, 2012

US Federal Reserve raises growth forecasts and says will keep interest rates low until 2014, as chairman Ben Bernanke says the bank "remains prepared to do more" to help economy.

ISU’s small animal clinic goes high tech

Karl Kraus, an orthopedic surgeon at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, points out features of the new small animal surgery unit during a tour of the university’s new facility.