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Week of January 19, 2026
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Medicare to Drop Most Telehealth Coverage 1/30 Unless Extended
FCC Ends 60-Day Phone Unlock Rule for Verizon; Now It's 1 Year; This Ends Phone Deals Loophole
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Verizon Offering $20 Credit to Victims of Last Week's Outage
Medicare Lab Tests May Cost More 2/1
Saks Files for Bankruptcy
Deceptive Advertising Trends for 2026
Product Influencers Often Sign Restrictive Contracts
Some Lifetime Warranties Don't Last a Lifetime
Sometimes a Smart Home Is Too Smart for its Inhabitants
Dangerous Air Pollutants Could Go Unregulated by EPA
DOT Poised to Reduce Fining of Airlines for Consumer Violations
11 Non-Dairy Sources of Calcium
FTC Sues JustAnswer for Poorly Disclosed Charges
AA to Offer Free Wi-Fi to AAdvantage Members
CA Bill Would Ban Toys With AI for 4 Years
Most Cars No Longer Come With a Spare Tire or Donut
Acer is Lowest Rated Computer Brand for Customer Satisfaction
Tank-Based Color Printers Will Save Money in the Long Run
What to Consider If Going to an Urgent Care Clinic
35 Extreme Ways to Save Money
List of Some Stores Closing in 2026
AT&T, T-Mo, Verizon Tested/Rated on Various Metrics
50 Cheapest, Safest US Cities
Not Just Chicken Is in Fast Food Chicken Nuggets
Are You Taking the Correct Doses of Supplements?
NY-AG Investigating Instacart's Variable Prices
Beware New Hotel Reservation Verification Scam
We Have Lost Billions to Online Scam Rings in Southeast Asia
Consumer Groups Oppose Proposed Visa/MC Fee Settlement
Surprise Ambulance Bills Hit Patients' Pocketbooks
10 Ways to Protect Yourself From Email Scams
Do Plugged-in USB Chargers Use Electricity When Not Charging a Phone?
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Mouse Print*-- Here We Shrink Again - Winter 2026 - Part 1
As grocery prices continue to go up, package sizes keep shrinking. Over the next two weeks we'll show you some more examples of products giving you less for your money based on those we've collected over the past six months.
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
Cheapest Places to Travel in 2026
Skyscanner crunched the numbers and came up with the cheapest places to travel to including on what day of the week the airfares are the least expensive. Las Vegas comes in number one followed by, surprisingly, San Salvador. Of course, you will have to find accommodations at all these places that won't break the bank.
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Walmart Grocery Prices 2025 vs. 2024
NPR checked the prices of 114 grocery and other items at Walmart this past December and compared them to the price they charged a year earlier. Almost half the items went up in price, and almost one-quarter went down. The average was a 5% increase. See the entire list 2025 vs. 2024 at the end of their story.
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Jeff Rossen Decodes Marshalls' Price Tags
Looking for a deal at Marshalls? Consumer reporter Jeff Rossen explains the various codes on Marshalls' price tags including how to tell if an item is due for a markdown. And the color of the price tag is also important to understand. The video is long, but if you are a Marshalls shopper, it is quite instructive.
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One Day Only -- $10/mo. for 6 Months - Unlimited Cell Service
This is a crazy cheap deal for Monday, January 19th only. Tello, which is a reseller of T-Mobile service with fantastic US-based customer service, is offering unlimited calls, texts, and 50 gigs of high speed 5G data service, and 10-gig hotspot for only $10 a month for six months. If you continue afterwards (and you are not required to), their regular price is $25 plus modest fees and taxes. Offer limited to new customers only or to existing Tello customers adding a new line. You will get a $10 one-time credit on your bill if you use the special link provided above. MrConsumer has been a Tello customer for over six years. ++One Day Only -- Amazon Deal on TurboTax Deluxe -- $44.99 w/$10 Amazon Gift Card
On January 19 only, Amazon is offering TurboTax Deluxe for desktops (like the old discs but without the disk) for $44.99 and it comes with a $10 Amazon gift card. Until 2/8, Costco's price is $44.99 but their version comes with a $10 credit for state filing or other purposes. Sam's Club and BJ's are the same. Note: If you have both a Fidelity and a Chase account, you may be able to combine their TT offers to get TT Deluxe for about $39 (YMMV and the method is too complicated to explain here). Note: For PCs, Windows 11 now required. ++Consumer Reports
How Much Protein Do You Really Need?
Many products promote that they are high in protein these days. But how much do you really need? Here's what experts recommend according to Consumer Reports.Updated daily; Most stories free; Ratings not free
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