Reasons why the House bill is a workable solution to our health care problems [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/11/reasons_why_the_house_bill_is_1.html]
Any proposal that addresses one-fifth of our economy, and deals with an issue as important to Americans as their health care, deserves our careful reading and intense scrutiny. With that firmly in mind, and with our decades of experience analyzing... 
Why Consumers Union supports the House health reform bill (H.R. 3962) [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/11/why_consumers_union_supports_t.html]
We reviewed HR 3962 based on our decades of experience analyzing incremental health reforms at the state and federal levels, and here's why we decided to endorse H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act....
Back to Basics: Checkholds [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/11/back_to_basics_checkholds.html]
Although the number of checks are declining rapidly, we still get a number of questions regarding checks, or more specifically, calls from frustrated consumers on checkholds. ...
House health reform bill goes long way toward solving health care crisis, CU says [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/11/post_35.html]
Cconsumer protections, more affordable and secure health coverage, cited in endorsement
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Creative credit cards are a bummer [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/11/creative_credit_cards_are_a_bu.html]
Credit card companies are finding creative ways to milk their customers....
Will “Actuarial Value” standards make it easier to pick a plan? [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/11/how_do_the_bills_make_it_easie.html]
Right now, insurance companies offer lots of plans, but it's hard to know if your money is well spent. ...
Tales from the Crypt : Gross Food Stories [http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/10/tales_from_the_crypt_gross_foo.html]
True Stories are always scarier: Feeding cow parts and chicken poop to cattle...
Freeze Credit Card Rates Now!!! Dodd introduces bill [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/freeze_credit_card_rates_now_d.html]
Dodd Introduces Bill to Immediately Freeze Credit Card Interest Rates- Give Consumers What they Deserve...
Move up the effective date on the CARD Act- Give the People What They Want! [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/move_up_the_effective_date_on.html]
Senate bill would move up the effective date of the CARD Act giving much needed consumer credit protections sooner. ...
Senate to add public option to health reform bill [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/senate_to_add_public_option_to.html]
Would allow for Americans who don't get coverage through their employers; states could opt out of the program...
Insurance co's couldn't get away with price fixing under committee vote [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/insurance_cos_couldnt_get_away.html]
House panel removes exemption from law; CU President says would prompt insurers to energetically compete
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Clear majority of Americans back public option [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/clear_majority_of_americans_ba.html]
New poll finds support for government-run plan to compete with private insurers...
CFPA Passes Out Of Committee [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/cfpa_passes_out_of_committee.html]
An agency that looks out for consumers not banks and credit card companies heads to the House floor for a vote...
Organic Tomatoes and S.510 [http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/10/organic_tomatoes_and_s510.html]
Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union, writes about her recent trip to the White House garden with some fantastic food activists...
The Fallacy of the Wall Street Journal’s Article on ID Theft [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/the_fallacy_of_the_wall_street.html]
Guest Blogger: Jaimee Napp, Executive Director of Identity Theft Action Council of Nebraska posts her opinion about the WSJ's latest take on ID Theft...
Citizen Advocates Reforming Food Safety [http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/10/citizen_advocates_reforming_fo.html]
A police officer, dad, and husband who has been waging a personal war to reform food safety in this country. ...
Dodd introduces the best overdraft protections yet [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/dodd_introduces_the_best_overd.html]
Senate will consider stronger protections for overdraft. Fed overdraft rule expected in November. ...
Call Bank of America—Opt Out of Automatic Overdraft!! [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/call_bank_of_americaopt_out_of.html]
Bank of America will now let you Opt Out. Take advantage of this opportunity!...
Call Bank of America—Opt Out of Automatic Overdraft!! [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/call_your_bankopt_out_of_autom.html]
Bank of America will now let you Opt Out. Take advantage of this opportunity!...
More Consumer TV- Reverse Mortgages [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/more_consumer_tv_reverse_mortg.html]
CU's Norma Garcia explains reverse mortgages and how you can find out if they are right for you...
Women tell Congress about frustration with health coverage [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/women_tell_congress_about_frus.html]
Women pay more for insurance than men in some states; being female a "pre-existing condition"
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American women -- it's time you knew what the health insurance industry is doing to you [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/post_29.html]
American women, it’s time to wake up to what the health insurance industry has been doing to you -- discriminating against you simply because you're a woman. This dirty little business practice, called "gender rating" by the insurance industry, allows...
Chase responds to CU’s request to stop messing with minimum payments. [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/chase_responds_to_cus_request.html]
Chases responded to our request to restore consumer’s minimum payments. Give them a call back!...
Preemption Pains [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/preemption_pains.html]
National Governors Association push for end of federal preemption to protect consumers and prevent world economic collapse. Sounds like a good idea. ...
CU President to testify in Senate on health reform [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/cu_president_to_testify_in_sen.html]
Jim Guest will testify at a Senate hearing on the importance of health care reform for women...
Senate finance committee passes final reform bill [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/senate_finance_committee_passe.html]
Bill includes GOP support; now must be merged with other measure before floor vote
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Health insurers emerge as top foe in health reform effort [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/health_insurers_emerge_as_top.html]
Insurance industry opens new line of attack with TV ads, reports
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Working with the Sustainable Community to Make Food Safety a Reality [http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/10/working_with_sustainable_commu.html]
CU believes that FDA food safety reform legislation will not hamper the development of sustainable agriculture...
Austan Goolsbee explains the CFPA [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/10/austan_goolsbee_explains_the_c.html]
My favorite Whitehouse adviser makes a clear case for the CFPA. ...
Consumer Reports chief encourage Congress to overhaul health care [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/consumer_reports_chief_encoura.html]
Wants to emphasize the consumer voice in health care debate...
CU launches first TV ad for health reform [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/cu_launches_first_tv_ad_for_he.html]
CR Poll: 51 percent forced to make tough health choices in past year such as skipping doctor visits...
CU Poll: Americans are paying more for less health care [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/10/cu_poll_americans_are_paying_m.html]
73 percent concerned they may face a major financial loss due to an illness or accident
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Who Determines the Safety of Our Nation's Salad? An Insider Look [http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/10/who_determines_the_safety_of_o.html]
A National Leafy Green Marketing Agreement is a BAD idea- Elisa Odabashian, Director of the West Coast Office and State Campaigns for Consumers Union...
Law Profs Call for the CFPA [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/09/law_profs_call_for_the_cfpa.html]
Over 70 law faculty from across the nation call on Congress to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency....
Our Prescription for Change [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/our_prescription_for_change.html]
The limited reform efforts of the past 20 years have not succeeded in clamping down on soaring health-care costs, stemming the number of uninsured or reducing unsafe care. We need not half steps but real change--a uniquely American solution based...
The health care reforms consumers need [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/the_health_care_reforms_consum_1.html]
If you like your health insurance coverage, you won't have to change. For everyone else, there are new comprehensive, affordable, understandable coverage options....
Beware of myths generating fear about reform [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/beware_of_myths_generating_fea.html]
Consumer Reports examines five things people fear about health reform....
Our Prescription for Change [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/our_prescription_for_change_1.html]
The limited reform efforts of the past 20 years have not succeeded in clamping down on soaring health-care costs, stemming the number of uninsured or reducing shoddy, unsafe care. We need not half steps but real change--a uniquely American solution...
Giving patients the right care at the right time [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/giving_patients_the_right_care.html]
Far too many patients do not receive the care they need. An unacceptable portion of the care we receive is unsafe and even harmful. Too often doctors and consumers lack basic information about which treatments work best....
Comparative Effectiveness: Common-sense research that saves lives, money [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/comparative_effectiveness_comm_2.html]
CU supports funding in stimulus bill for an independent, unbiased research to compare the effectiveness and safety of drugs, treatments and surgeries....
A public plan or a Co-op: What's it all about? [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/a_public_plan_or_a_coop_whats.html]
New insurance options: Learn about the proposed public plan (why we need one), the proposed alternative "health care co-ops, and how they compare side by side....
A public plan or a Co-op: What's it all about? [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/a_public_plan_or_a_coop_whats_1.html]
Based on the experience of health care co-ops to date, as well as the general difficulty of successfully entering today’s health insurance markets, we find it unlikely that many state-based co-ops will form and endure, even with the proposed federal...
What's broken? [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/whats_broken.html]
Health care spending represents one fifth of our economy, yet by all accounts we are not getting good value for our money. Why?...
What's broken? [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/whats_broken_1.html]
Health care spending representes one fifth of our economy, yet by all accounts we are not getting good value for our money. Why?...
Apples-to-Apples: Simplifying health insurance choices [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/post_24.html]
As lawmakers develop health reform, they have the opportunity to fix the way we shop for insurance with consumer-friendly rules and ratings.
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Win Count: Consumers 1 Banks $700 Billion [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/09/win_count_consumers_1_banks_70.html]
Banks ease policy on overdrafts due to consumer pressure. Now is the time to get involved. ...
To delay is deadly: why we need to stop hospital infections now [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/to_delay_is_deadly_why_we_need.html]
Consumers Union examines the hospital industry's track record in reducing infections since the Institute of Medicine announced the urgent need to do so ten years ago. See our report and visit our dedicated patient safety campaign website....
Who is uninsured in our country, and why? [http://www.prescriptionforchange.org/2009/09/who_is_uninsured_in_our_countr.html]
Their reasons vary -- from pre-existing conditions to no insurance through their jobs -- but these hard-working people likely live right next door....
Big news--Two banks reduce but don't end outrageous overdraft fees. [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/09/big_newstwo_banks_reduce_but_d_2.html]
Two big banks have announced changes in their checking account overdraft fees that will end what consumer advocates have called "the $35 cup of coffee" - for some people, some of the time, starting either in October or early next...
Back to Basics: The Bank Account [http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/09/back_to_basics_the_bank_accoun.html]
What should a consumer look for in a bank account? ...
