News

2021

June

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• ‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge. The Supreme Court, though increasingly conservative in makeup, rejected the latest major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as “Obamacare” on Thursday, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans.

• Corte Suprema rechaza tercera impugnación a ley “Obamacare”. La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, aunque cada vez más conservadora en su conformación, rechazó el jueves el intento más reciente encabezado por los republicanos de acabar con

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• Inmigrantes contribuyen más en las primas de seguros privados de lo que reciben en beneficios. Entre aquellos en desacuerdo con la estancia de los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos, muchos afirman que este sector agota los recursos de atención médica. Sin embargo, una nueva investigación

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• Consumer Action INSIDER - June 2021. The June 2021 issue of INSIDER brings you stories about our recent activities and publications, including the most recent Consumer Action News issue, about liability insurance, and a new webinar explaining the rise of "contactless payment" methods due to the pandemic. Regular features include Hotline Chronicles, CFPB Watch and new additions to our Class Action Database.

• Consumer Action INSIDER - June 2021. The June 2021 issue of INSIDER brings you stories about our recent activities and publications, including the most recent Consumer Action News issue, about liability insurance, and a new webinar explaining the rise of "contactless payment" methods due to the pandemic. Regular features include Hotline Chronicles, CFPB Watch and new additions to our Class Action Database.

• Consumer Action INSIDER - June 2021. The June 2021 issue of INSIDER brings you stories about our recent activities and publications, including the most recent Consumer Action News issue, about liability insurance, and a new webinar explaining the rise of "contactless payment" methods due to the pandemic. Regular features include Hotline Chronicles, CFPB Watch and new additions to our Class Action Database.

• Consumer Action INSIDER - June 2021. The June 2021 issue of INSIDER brings you stories about our recent activities and publications, including the most recent Consumer Action News issue, about liability insurance, and a new webinar explaining the rise of "contactless payment" methods due to the pandemic. Regular features include Hotline Chronicles, CFPB Watch and new additions to our Class Action Database.

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• Los pacientes ya pueden acceder a sus registros médicos en línea, aunque es posible que no los comprendan. Una nueva normativa federal facilita la obtención de los resultados de las pruebas y el registro de su médico sobre su salud. Un inconveniente: Puede que usted no entienda lo que

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• Los 21 estados que pondrán fin a los beneficios extra al seguro del desempleo del Plan de Rescate Americano. Ya son 21 los estados que dejarán de entregar beneficios de desempleo de $300 semanales, para que los estadounidenses regresen a trabajar a las nuevas plazas que se están requiriendo con el regreso

• Postpandemia: ¿Y si la gente no quiere volver a su trabajo?. Un factor fuera de todo pronóstico podría entorpecer la vuelta a la normalidad una vez superada la pandemia del coronavirus en Estados Unidos: Mucha gente no quiere volver a los trabajos

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• One of America's largest hospital chains has been suing thousands of patients during the pandemic. As the coronavirus spiked in Missouri last fall, a wave of cases hit a nursing home in the state's rural heartland. Robin Bull, a part-time nurse, remembered an ambulance "coming and going constantly

• Cadena de hospitales demandó a 19 mil pacientes durante la pandemia. Una de las mayores cadenas de hospitales de EE.UU., Community Health Systems (CHS), ha presentado unas 19.000 demandas contra pacientes por facturas impagadas durante la pandemia, informó la cadena de televisión CNN.

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• California podría ser el primer estado que permita agregar a los padres adultos a los planes de salud. Cuando la madre de Laura Chávez, de 74 años, necesitó realizarse una cirugía ocular, el mes pasado, su hija pagó en efectivo por el procedimiento. ¿El costo? $15.000,

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• Reopening plans and mask mandates for all 50 states. All across the country, mask mandates are easing, restrictions are lifting and many states have gone back to business as usual. It appears much of the country will be open with few restrictions in the

• Use this simple system to organize medical reimbursements. Health insurance coverage is confusing. You may only be reimbursed a fraction of your out-of-pocket costs, and filing for reimbursements is monotonous work. But if you can get organized and create a system, it really

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• Therapy on aisle 7: Pharmacies enter the mental health market. Since January CVS has added licensed clinical social workers trained in cognitive behavioral therapy to 13 locations in the Houston, Philadelphia and Tampa metro areas. The providers will offer mental health assessments, referrals and counseling either

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• All about liability insurance. The most valuable portion of your insurance policy may be the liability coverage, which can protect you from financial ruin. In our latest issue of Consumer Action News, we explain the coverage that kicks in

• The weight-loss industry is coming for you post-lockdown. You can consume a lot of the weight loss industry's marketing without ever hearing the words “weight” or “diet” or “calories.” The diet industry has gotten impressively subtle,

• What to know about the surge in state antiabortion bills. In Oklahoma and Idaho, state lawmakers just banned most abortions at the first sign of a fetal heartbeat. In Montana, providers can no longer perform abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, while abortion pills, available via

• What Americans should know about COVID testing during travel. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said fully vaccinated people can travel with less risk to their health and don’t need to get tested before or after travel, unless their destination