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Headline News
Consumer Action updates daily, headline news from a variety of news sources. The archive provides access in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, than month to allow for easier browsing.
- Headlines | In hospitals, affordable housing gets the long-term investor it needs
- Headlines | Drug companies push to block law that would cut prescription prices
- Headlines | How a healthcare cyberattack may affect your prescription drug access
- Headlines | U.S. caps credit card late fees
- Headlines | Your tax return is secret. TurboTax wants you to give up your privacy
- Headlines | Do not trust the Google airline customer service numbers
- Headlines | The way big banks shut down customer accounts is callous. Let’s fix it.
- Headlines | Here’s why you should check your credit report
- Headlines | Biden administration cancels $1.2B in student loans
- Headlines | Nonprofit steps in to provide mortgages where others won’t
- Headlines | Pros and cons of second-chance checking accounts
- Headlines | Hard to reverse peer-to-peer payment scams on Venmo, PayPal, Zelle
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action Community Outreach at Oakland Chinese New Year Event
- Headlines | N.Y. AG sues Citi for failing to protect fraud victims
- Headlines | How to file your taxes for free
- Headlines | Why big banks—and odd allies—oppose a plan to protect banks
- Headlines | FTC bans firm from selling phone location data
- Headlines | Rent reporting is affecting tenants’ credit scores
- Headlines | The FAFSA rollout has been rough on students
- Headlines | Millions to lose affordable internet unless Congress extends subsidies
- Headlines | Some older Americans feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans
- Headlines | What to do after you’ve been scammed
- Headlines | F.T.C. proposes new online privacy safeguards for children
- Headlines | Americans may be taking on too much pay-later ‘phantom debt’
- Headlines | Southwest fined for last Christmas meltdown
- Headlines | White House targets drug patents to lower prices
- Opinions & Editorials | Hidden ‘junk fees’ nickel and dime us out of hard-earned dollars
- Headlines | Zelle customers to get refunds for money lost to impostor scams
- Headlines | How $127 billion in student loans still got canceled
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action 52nd Anniversary (The China Press)
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action 52nd Anniversary (World Journal)
- Headlines | How real estate commissions work and why they might get lower
- Headlines | Payday lenders aim to evade federal probes
- Headlines | 41 states sue Meta claiming Facebook is addictive for kids
- Headlines | F.C.C. moves toward restoring net neutrality rules
- Headlines | Deciphering ABCs of Medicare open enrollment
- Headlines | Stop & Shop pilots coupon kiosks for non-digital customers
- Headlines | Overwhelmed trying to protect your privacy? Try this new app
- Opinions & Editorials | The Supreme Court could toss the CFPB’s consumer protections
- Headlines | FCC’s net neutrality battle is back
- Headlines | F.T.C., 17 states sue Amazon alleging monopolistic practices
- Headlines | Federal government to provide free coronavirus tests again
- Headlines | Airlines are hiding the cost of air travel
- Headlines | When Wall Street buys most of the homes on your block
- Headlines | Credit score facts vs. myths
- Headlines | Amazon launches plan to help ‘underserved’ D.C. families buy homes
- Headlines | Why so many people are paying to get their paychecks
- Headlines | If you’ve got a new car, it’s a data privacy nightmare
- Headlines | Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow
- Headlines | Why the SAVE student loan income-driven plan is a game changer