Call to Action: Health Care Reform 2009
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), chair of the key U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, has issued a detailed "white paper" on insurance-based health care reform. It includes public and private plan options and directives to limit "out of pocket" costs for patients.

Usefulness of state insurance websites varies
Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has released a study of state insurance department websites which found considerable differences in the usefulness of information such as the rates and practices of individual insurance companies.

Health care and the 2008 presidential election
Families USA has conducted an extensive analysis of plans by presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.

The Arbitration Trap: Credit Cards Companies Ensnare Consumers
Consumers who seek justice in disputes with their credit card companies shouldn’t expect to find it in binding mandatory arbitration (BMA); in cases decided in California by a major arbitration firm over a four-year period, consumers lost 94 percent of the time, according to a new Public Citizen report .