In similar types of accounts, administrative fees and commissions can be misleading, complex—and hidden. 529 plans, which are education-specific individual savings plans, can layer on monthly or quarterly flat maintenance fees, annual maintenance fees, enrollment fees, sales commissions, or administrative fees determined as a percentage of the plan’s assets. Index funds change their fees depending […]
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Bhattacharya has a history of undermining the CDC’s pandemic guidance. In 2020, the then NIH head, Dr. Francis Collins, labeled the former Stanford University physician and economist “fringe,” after Bhattacharya helped author the “Great Barrington Declaration,” which called for the end of the coronavirus lockdowns. In 2024, Bhattacharya criticized the CDC’s recommendation for widespread masking […]
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