Benefits
Her Disability Benefits Were Approved — but the $794 Monthly Check Left Her Family Hundreds Short Every Single Month
The window for enrolling in an ACA Marketplace plan outside of Open Enrollment closed at…
Articles by Vivienne Marlowe Reyes
Stimulus
The IRS Still Has Stimulus Money Waiting for Some Americans — Here Is How to Claim What You Are Owed
Roughly 1 million Americans were still owed unclaimed Recovery Rebate Credit payments as recently as…
Economic Relief
The IRS Owes Millions of Americans Their 2025 Tax Refunds — Why So Many Are Still Waiting
Roughly 73 million Americans received a federal tax refund last filing season, with the average…
Benefits
A Raleigh Man Was Months From Losing His Home Over Back Property Taxes — Here’s What Finally Helped
The deadline that matters most is often the one you don’t see coming. For homeowners…
Economic Relief
A Des Moines Mechanic Had Been Missing the Earned Income Tax Credit for Years — and Nobody Told Her
Roughly one in five eligible Americans fails to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit every…
Benefits
The Raise That Made Everything Worse: A Portland Manager’s $9,450 Mortgage Crisis
The assumption that a solid paycheck is a financial safety net is one of the…
Tax Credits
I Claimed Both the EITC and Child Tax Credit — Here’s Which One Put More Money in My Account
Last February, a single mother in Columbus, Ohio sat at her kitchen table with two…
Economic Relief
She Earned Too Little to Feel Hopeful and Too Much to Qualify — Until a Librarian Pointed Her Toward $5,800 in Tax Credits
Most people assume the tax code is designed for people who understand it — accountants,…
Economic Relief
He Ran Up $11,000 in Medical Debt Before Realizing a Tax Credit Could Have Cut His Insurance Premium by 72%
Most people assume that if you work in the insurance industry, you understand your own…
Benefits
I Found $3,200 in Benefits I Didn’t Know I Qualified For — Here’s How to Check Your Eligibility
Maria, a 34-year-old home health aide in Albuquerque, filed her taxes in February 2025 and…