6/17/2009
Consumers May Get a Seat at the Financial Regulatory Table - President Obama has proposed a credit safety agency for consumers. The agency would have broad powers to ensure that credit and payment products do not have predatory or deceptive features that can harm consumers or lock them into unaffordable loans. More
Health care costs are out of control. Our families and businesses are paying more and more each year. And on top of that insurers are dropping or refusing to cover us when we get sick.
We're getting close to a historic vote in Congress -- this is our big chance to win real reform. The time to take action is now.
Our new report looks at how much health insurers spend on patient care, rather than administration and overhead. We found that insurers can lower costs and improve health care quality.
CALPIRG played a key role in the passage of the fall ballot measure to build high-speed rail connecting California’s cities. High-speed rail will cut oil dependence and pollution, create jobs, and cost less to build than the highway and airport expansions California will need without it.
