Spooky Spending Spooky Season is getting scarier for Americans, and definitely for their wallets. Halloween spending is set to reach an unprecedented $12.2 billion in 2023, according to the National Retail Federation‘s annual survey. For reference, last year’s total sat at $10.6 billion. This is partly driven by increasing enthusiasm over the holiday: 73% of…Read more
Rising Costs Healthcare in America is not exactly known for being cheap. But it has only gotten even more expensive this year. The annual cost of an employer-sponsored family health insurance plan just hit an average of almost $24,000 — up 7% from last year, according to a survey from health non-profit KFF. Who Pays…Read more
Carrying Weight Ozempic and Wegovy may help patients lose weight. But the weight they carry in the economy is only increasing. By 2030, some 48 million Americans will have shed a collective hundreds of millions of pounds thanks to these treatments, according to industry analysts. These projections have implications for both patients and the broader…Read more
