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The Daily Money: The final tally of Medicaid cuts


Good morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

About 10 million Americans are expected to lose health insurance under President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending law, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says.

Here's the breakdown.

Is inflation stealing your kid's lunch money?

Perla Lozano's two kids are about to start school. They'll be taking a lunch that their mom packs every day, even though brown-bagging is likely more expensive than buying a lunch at school — and the costs are going up.

Here's why parents are still packing lunches.

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A record number of Americans are turning 65 each year through 2027, but to receive full Social Security benefits, that’s not quite old enough.

In 1983, Congress passed a law to gradually raise the full retirement age, as a way to stretch out dwindling Social Security funds and to recognize that Americans are living longer.

Here's the new retirement math.

About The Daily Money

Each weekday, The Daily Money delivers the best consumer and financial news from Paste BN, breaking down complex events, providing the TLDR version, and explaining how everything from Fed rate changes to bankruptcies impacts you.

Daniel de Visé covers personal finance for USA Today.