Week of August 5, 2019 (see last week)
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U.S. News is out with their latest hospital ratings. Mayo Clinic leads the list followed by Mass. General and Johns Hopkins. Here are the top 20. For the best hospitals in your state, check the state list. For the best hospitals by medical speciality, check this list. Lastly, here is the list of best children's hospitals.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest just unveiled its latest Extreme Eating awards. That is the dubious distinction given to some popular chain restaurants for dishes with a day's worth of calories in just one serving. For example, at the Cheesecake Factory, an order of just three cinnamon roll pancakes is over 2,000 calories!
A number of states just finished their tax-free weekends yesterday when no sales tax is charged. Here is a list of the rest of the states with upcoming sales tax holidays in August.
Many travelers buy trip cancellation/interruption insurance in case they have to change or cancel their trip. The trouble is most policies you buy are "defined risk" meaning that only a narrow list of circumstances are covered (and since most consumers don't read the fine print in advance, they may well be surprised when their claim is denied). There is a type of travel insurance you can buy that covers many more types of issues, but you'll pay more for it.
It sounds too good to be true: a very high interest savings account (3%) coupled with a 3% cash back debit card. What could be bad? Hint: the fine print.
That is our Mouse Print* story this week.
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