Tag: Consumer Protections

Tonight, we have filed a manager's amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which is the next critical step toward comprehensive health insurance reform that ensures affordability for the middle class, provides security for our seniors, and protects our children's… Continue

This afternoon, the Consumers Union issued a statement endorsing the Affordable Health Care For America Act: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumers Union, the independent, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, strongly endorses H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act,” and urges Members… Continue

As the House moves forward with the Affordable Health Care for America Act — comprehensive health insurance reform to protect consumers, hold insurance companies accountable, rein in health care costs, reduce the deficit, and cover 36 million uninsured Americans — Americans are… Continue

Opponents of reform continue to spread myths — now spreading myths about the recently introduced Affordable Health Care for America Act, including saying that the public health insurance option will provide little benefit to American consumers — leading to higher premiums, not… Continue

Health insurance reform won’t happen overnight. It will take several years to implement reforms and establish the public option and the Exchange, a one-stop shopping marketplace where you can get lower rates like large groups. But there are steps that are taken… Continue

This afternoon, Congressional Republicans went to the House floor to deliver a series of one-minute speeches in an attempt to scare America's seniors, families and small businesses about what America's Affordable Health Choices Act will mean for them. From making misleading claims… Continue

Four-Month-Old Boy with Above Average Weight, Rape Victim Denied Coverage Because of Their “Pre-Existing Conditions” The Lange Family Alex Lange, a four-month-old infant living in Colorado, was denied health coverage by Rocky Mountain Health Plans because at 17 pounds, the insurance company… Continue

“With today’s historic vote to establish a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, we move a step closer to answering President Obama’s call for strengthened accountability and responsibility by corporate America…”

Health insurance reform opponents have reached a new low. This morning, Steve Champlin, a lobbyist for America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) — the insurance industry lobby group who recently paid for a thoroughly debunked report criticizing reform — urged Congressional Republicans not… Continue

According to news reports, the Obama Administration will soon announce that companies receiving large amounts of TARP money will have to cut the compensation of their top executives. When it comes to these bonuses and excessive compensation, President Obama and Congress agree:… Continue