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Tax documents

Just one in four of the low-income workers eligible for the federal tax credit for retirement saving are even aware that it exists. The IRS, as I said in a previous blog, practically “gives money away” through its Saver’s Tax Credit, which returns as much as half of the amount saved to the tax filer…

emergency

Stark differences are emerging in the ways that workers, depending on how much they earn, are using the medical services covered by their employer health plans. While higher-income workers gravitate toward preventive and maintenance care, lower-wage workers visit emergency rooms far more often, according to a study published last month in Health Affairs.  The researchers…