You are here

Home >

Blog

To Drive or Not to Drive? Changing Transportation Habits in a Car-Centric Country

Thursday, September 20, 2018
By | Matt Casale
Director, Highway Boondoggles Campaign

Here's a guest post from our friend Meryl Compton at Frontier Group. Meryl writes about the challenges of deciding whether or not to ditch a car in a car-centric country.

Yes Doctor, But How Much Will It Cost? Potential Benefits of Health Care Price Transparency

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
By | Elizabeth Ridlington
Associate Director & Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group

Here are two things you probably don’t know about colonoscopies. First, they’re one of the most commonly performed screening exams. Millions of us get colonoscopies each year, but we don’t like to talk about it. Second, you probably don’t know how much a colonoscopy costs, even if you are a patient who has scheduled an exam. That’s because colonoscopies are like most health care services: patients don’t know the cost in advance of receiving care.

Ten Years After Lehman, Lessons of Financial Collapse Ignored, Not Forgotten

Monday, September 17, 2018
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

Ten years ago this weekend the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers marked the massive financial collapse of 2008. Millions of Americans lost homes, jobs and trillions of dollars in retirement savings. Today, the financial collapse hasn't been forgotten, it's being ignored by Congress and Wall Street.

Latest Trojan Horse Data Breach Bill (HR6743-Luetkemeyer) Could Be Called "Equifax Protection Act"

Wednesday, September 12, 2018
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

On Thursday, 13 September, the House Financial Services Committee is to consider the latest in a long series of data security and data breach bills that Congress takes up at the request of the banks. These Trojan Horse bills come riding in with few, if any, protections riding in the saddle, but massive elimination of stronger state laws hidden in the belly of the beasts. The proposal, HR6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act (Luetkemeyer (MO)), might also be called the “Equifax Protection Act.”

Pages

More
Subscribe to Blog

Support Us

Your donation supports U.S. PIRG’s work to stand up for consumers on the issues that matter, especially when powerful interests are blocking progress.

donate today

Consumer Alerts

Join our network and stay up to date on our campaigns, get important consumer updates and take action on critical issues.
Optional Member Code