News

2021

October

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• Medicare Issue (Fall 2021). The Fall 2021 issue of Consumer Action News dives into the many choices that newly eligible Medicare recipients have to make. Not being prepared with those decisions by your 65th birthday could leave you without the best coverage or open you up to long-term penalties. Read on to learn about your plan options and what key deadlines to be aware of.

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• Hearing aids without a prescription or an exam?. A long-awaited Food and Drug Administration proposal would allow millions of consumers to buy over-the-counter hearing aids in stores or online without a prescription or medical exam.  The agency’s proposal would create

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• Consumer Action INSIDER - October 2021. In this month's edition, we report on our upcoming 50th anniversary events, warn rental car customers about the often unexpected cost of tolls, highlight recent coalition efforts and CFPB activities, and alert readers to a class action suit against Wells Fargo for unrefunded GAP fees.

September

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• Medicare should be able to negotiate drug prices. For far too long, the pharmaceutical industry has dictated who in America has access to the medicines they need for their health and well-being.  The industry’s unchecked power to set and keep

• Insurers restore deductibles, co-pays leaving patients with big bills. In 2020, as the pandemic took hold, U.S. health insurance companies declared they would cover 100 percent of the costs for covid treatment, waiving co-pays and expensive deductibles for hospital stays that frequently range into the

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• HHS releases plan to lower drug prices. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released a comprehensive plan to lower drug prices. The Drug Pricing Plan is part of a broader initiative stemming from President Joe Biden’s Executive Order

August

30

• The financial price for choosing not to get vaccinated. You could lose your job as more employers require workers to get vaccinated. If you’re opposed to being vaccinated, your employer-provided health insurance premiums might go up. Delta Air Lines has said employees

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• Consumer Action publishes new fact sheets on overcoming vaccine hesitancy (Free resources help move communities from 'survive' to 'thrive' through increased vaccination). Consumer Action publishes two new fact sheets designed to help increase U.S. vaccination rates via community outreach.

July

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• Health Care For Older Immigrants Sees Momentum Among States. Most mornings, 62-year-old Maria Elena Estamilla wakes up with pelvic pain and dread that she faces the same fate as her mother and grandmother: fatal cervical cancer.

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• EEUU: Seguro de salud para inmigrantes cobra fuerza. Illinois y otros estados gobernados por los demócratas están ampliando su seguro de salud para incluir a inmigrantes adultos, incluso ancianos, que se encuentran en el país sin autorizaci

June

• Cómo elegir la cantidad correcta de seguro de vida. La pandemia está provocando que más estadounidenses compren cobertura. Te mostramos cómo hacerlo de forma asequible.

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• Outcry forces UnitedHealthcare to delay plans to deny some ER coverage. In the face of growing opposition from hospital and doctors groups, UnitedHealthcare said it would delay a plan to stop paying for emergency room visits that it deemed nonurgent, at least until the pandemic has

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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

May

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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