Received a bill for my Dad’s dialysis (deceased). Received a dialysis statement bill dated for September 2022 (14 months back?!) and just received this November 2023 (what the heck?!), my dad passed away in mid January of this year and I did notify the center the next day. Kaiser, whom they probably sent the bill to, had sent me that my dad’s coverage ended last day of January of 2023. Should I…

Business expenses to deduce tax bill When running a physical goods ecommerce business, you can’t hide any transactions from the government. How can you plausibly increase business related expenses to reduce your tax bill? Eg. A service you paid for but can’t be questioned or verified. Product waste etc. Edut: should say Reduce submitted by /u/smbodytochedmyspaget …

8k hospital bill after insurance Hello! I had an emergency c section, with a prolonged hospital stay (longer than normal after c section) and baby was in the nicu for 3 weeks. Because she wasn’t in for 30 days or longer, Medicare won’t cover it (I was told by a hospital rep that babies in nicu longer than a month get automatically covered by Medicare in our state). I have the b…

Medical bill in collections? I have a medical bill that I was waiting to pay until I got a big enough check to actually pay off a huge amount of the debt. When I go on the hospitals website, it says part of your balance is in collections. can I still negotiate down the total bill amount with the hospital or do I have to go through the collections agency now? submitted b…

LPT: Increase your home’s energy efficiency and save on your electric bill with a simple ‘energy audit’—and you can do it yourself With energy prices on the rise, I recently decided to conduct a DIY energy audit of my home. I was surprised at how many small changes could lead to big savings. Here’s a quick guide on how to do your own audit: Check for drafts around windows and doors. Make sure your home is properly insulated. Replace old, inefficient light bulbs with LED one…

LPT If you have any ripped up legal US currency ($1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 bills) that shows the serial number and is at least 50% of that bill, take it to any US bank and they will give you a new bill of that dollar amount. Edit: $2, $500, and $1000 bills also work as well. Although $500 and $1000 bills are uncommon, they are legal tender bills that can be used. They’re just not seen publicly as much. submitted by /u/devicto89

Johnson’s Israel Aid Bill Sets Stage for a Clash Over Security Assistance By splitting money for Israel’s war effort from aid to Ukraine and coupling it with spending cuts, Speaker Mike Johnson has put the House on a collision course with the Senate.

Hospital sending me a bill after I already paid the balance I recently paid off a hospital ER bill of 200 dollars. I made 4 payments of 50 dollars from July to October. I did one payment over the phone with them (which I have an email notification and bank statement to prove) and I made three payments on their website. All of a sudden….I see that the balance is 100 dollars. Then I get a bill from them….

Ukraine Aid in Doubt as Johnson Moves to Drop It From Israel Assistance Bill The newly elected House speaker, who has opposed continued funding for Kyiv, is now insisting on separating it from aid to Israel, leaving its fate uncertain.

Taiwan Crypto Regulation Gets Going With First Reading of Digital Asset Bill The bill sets the groundwork for defining what a virtual asset is and how exchanges should operate in Taiwan.

The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill finally becomes law Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The VergeThe UK’s Online Safety Bill, a wide-ranging piece of legislation that aims to make the country “the safest place in the world to be online” received royal assent today and became law. The bill has been years in the making and attempts to introduce new obligations for how tech firms should design, operate…

UK Lawmakers Pass Bill to Help Seize Illicit Crypto The bill lets law enforcement freeze crypto without a conviction, promising faster and more substantial seizures.

Surprise bill from dentist after 6 months My family of 4 goes to the dentist usually every 6 months. We have cleanings and other procedures done. We pay the entire balance after every visit. Every once in a while I get a call from the dental office that we have a balance of $100 leftover. I received 10 pages of balance printouts in the mail that supposedly show where they need to be pai…

Despite U.S. House Gridlock, Senator Gillibrand Bullish on Stablecoin Bill, Illicit Finance Legislation Even as the U.S. House of Representatives is paralyzed by a Republican leadership drama, U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) are still pressing to get crypto legislative through.

Medical Bill sent to collections I had physiotherapy with a provider who wasn’t in my insurance network. They asked me to give them any checks that my insurance mailed to me, assuring me that I wouldn’t be billed for any extra costs. I found this strange, so I asked them and was provided a letter confirming that I didn’t owe anything. This was at the beginning of my treatment 4…

Bill Ford Compares Electric Vehicle Adoption To The Covid Vaccine Ford executive chair – and guy who wants the unions to just quit it – Bill Ford has compared the adoption and polarization of electric vehicles to the Covid vaccine. It’s quite the take, I know. Basically, Bill says the adoption of EVs is a red-state-blue-state issue, just like the rollout of the vaccine during an… Read more…

For Bill Ford, ‘Every Negotiation Is a Roller Coaster’ The executive chairman of Ford Motor counsels patience as his company negotiates with the United Automobile Workers union, which has shut three of his company’s plants.

Bill Ford Wants Auto Workers To End Their Strike Good morning! It’s Tuesday, October 17, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Scraps Crypto Mining Ban to Advance Energy Conservation Bill The state’s Environmental Resources and Energy Committee accepted the amended bill on Monday by a slim margin.

Bitcoin Above $28K Buoyed by California ‘BitLicense’ Bill Being Signed The broader crypto market returned just over 1.24% on average in the past 24 hours, CoinDesk Market Index shows.