"The Financial Shield is about freeing up GPs to focus on underlying conditions. By embedding financial support in surgeries, people can deal with the root causes of stress, while doctors focus on treatment. This is good for GPs, cost effective, and preventative."

A woman turns down her parents’ request for financial assistance after years of being denied the same support they freely gave her younger sister. In her Reddit post, she explains how she was forced to be self-sufficient while her sister received endless financial help.

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Thousands of Maryland federal workers are having to navigate financial challenges during the shutdown. Expert advice on loans, payment plans, and relief options.

Only about one-fifth of applicants for federal disaster assistance from Kerr County, Texas, have been deemed eligible to get financial help so far, leaving hundreds without governmental aid more than three months after deadly floods ravaged the county on July 4.