Consumer Advice
Hospital charges vary widely for same procedures
New government data showing the amounts U.S. hospitals’ charge Medicare for certain procedures confirm what consumer groups have suspected for years: hospitals, even in the same or nearby communities, can charge wildly different amounts for the same procedures. In Ohio, for example, the average charge to implant a permanent pacemaker ...
This week in deals: 60% off at Easy Canvas Prints, plus more Mother's Day offers
Mother's Day is only 4 days away! If you haven't gotten your token of appreciation for mom which can be a variety of things, it's time to get moving. While Mother's Day shopping can be stressful because mom's got everything, it can also be a lot fun to see what ...
Ohio’s aging workforce continues to grow
Ohio’s graying manufacturing workforce threatens to saddle some employers with labor shortages and hefty costs associated with training and replacing retiring employees. About one in four manufacturing workers in Ohio is 55 and older, which is up from more than one in seven workers a decade ago, according to a ...
High-deductible health plans to impact Ohioans
A growing number of Ohio employers are giving their workers just a single choice for their health insurance or encouraging them in other ways to sign up for high-deductible health plans that generally carry a higher out-of-pocket costs than traditional employer-sponsored health plans.About 663,000 Ohioans were covered by high-deductible plans ...
Computers, laptops are a deal
Computer sales just had the biggest drop in history of the PC ever. Sales have fallen off a cliff. Nobody wants one anymore because of the tablet revolution.Tablets are great. I travel with both a tablet and a MacBook Air. Yet the MacBook gets 95 percent of my eyeball time. ...
Top 5 Mother's Day bouquets 2013
Mother's Day is only one week away! It's one of those days I look forward to because I get waited on hand and and foot by my children and husband. From breakfast in bed to flowers, it's a day that I can proclaim where I can do nothing and get ...
Dealing with high health-care costs?
Are you among the estimated one-third of U.S. adults who have you put off getting medical care because the out-of-pocket costs of your high-deductible health plans are just too high? If so, we’d like to hear your story. Please contact health care reporter Randy Tucker at (937) 225-2437 or rtucker@coxohio.com.
This week in deals: Buy one, get one 50% off at Nine West
Can you believe that it's already May 1st? This month will be a very busy one with Cinco De Mayo (5th), National Teacher Day (7th), Mother's Day (12th), Memorial Day (27th) and many birthdays as well. With a busy month ahead of us, hopefully you've had the chance to sit ...
Cheap hotel rooms coming to Europe
Looking for a cheap hotel room when you travel to Europe? Marriott and Ikea are teaming up to deliver accommodations from around $73 a night.The joint venture is a fashion forward discount hotel chain called Moxy. It’s starting out in several Europe cities, but it could likely migrate to the ...
Area Best Buy stores adding Samsung shops
Construction will start this week at two Southwest Ohio Best Buy stores that will be among the first in the nation to be upgraded to include Samsung Experience Shops, reflecting the growing popularity of Samsung’s mobile products with consumers, Best Buy officials said. More than 1,400 Best Buy and Best ...
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