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Trump’s deportation plans could raise the price of your retirement

Trump’s mass deportation plan could strain retirees’ wallets.Immigrants in the country illegally pay taxes that support Social Security and Medicare but don’t receive their benefits.Deportations could also increase healthcare costs and shrink the industry’s workforce.President Donald Trump’s immigration policies could hurt retirees’ wallets and make it harder for them to…

Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1 By Reuters

By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 250 branded medications including Pfizer (NYSE:) COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid, Bristol Myers (NYSE:) Squibb’s cancer cell therapies and vaccines from France’s Sanofi (NASDAQ:) at the start of 2025, according to data analyzed by healthcare research…

Millions of workers in 21 states are set to get a raise at the start of 2025

Minimum-wage workers in California, Vermont, and 19 other states will earn more at the start of 2025.Missouri voters passed a referendum in the November election raising the state’s minimum wage.An analysis found over 9 million workers will likely be affected by the coming minimum wage increases.Workers in 21 states are…

Congress was set to get a modest raise. Then Elon Musk stepped in.

Members of Congress were set to make a few thousand extra bucks under a government funding bill.Then, Elon Musk helped tank it.That’s despite growing concern that it’s becoming unaffordable to serve in Congress.One of the most controversial pieces of the short-term government funding bill that Elon Musk helped tank last…

Trump tariffs could raise grocery, liquor bills

By Leah Douglas and Ed White WASHINGTON/REGINA, Saskatchewan (Reuters) – U.S. prices may rise next year for avocados, strawberries and other fresh produce, and consumers could face shortages, if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on plans to slap tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, agricultural economists and industry executives…