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Health care reform may be picking up steam as AARP,an organization representing millions of older Americans, and the American Medical Association (AMA) endorse a $1.1 trillion dollar House bill that could come up for a vote as early as this Saturday. READ MORE.
A Fannie Mae policy puts consumers in a Catch 22. They have to dispute inaccurate information on their credit reports to qualify for loans, but those disputes could be the grounds on which a loan is denied.
Telecom and utility companies use the National Consumers Telecom & Utilities Exchange (NCTUE), a members-only, unique Equifax database to review consumer credit history. The question remains whether the Fair Credit Reporting Act applies to the NCTUE and what information consumers should be able to obtain about themselves.
Senator Dodd is pushing back at the Credit Card companies for forcing interest rate hikes and dropping credit limits on consumers. The question remains whether Congress will follow through.
President Obama has proposed a one-time, tax-free payment of $250 for Social Security recipients in 2010 because they will not be receiving a cost-of-living adjustment because of the state of the economy. Is this a good idea?
T-Mobile begins charging all customers $1.50 for the privilege of receiving your bill in the mail. Oh by the way if you were already paying $1.99 for the privilege of receiving a detailed bill the $1.50 will be added to that total. Are they also going to start sending it postage due?
UPDATE: Sept. 11, 2009 - T-mobile has withdrawn the $1.50 billing charge.
Those annoying prerecorded telemarketing calls are about to become illegal and violaters will face stiff fines. MORE
The credit card companies are adopting yet another method to change interest rates at their whim and circumvent the regulation adopted in the Credit CARD Act. Welcome back the variable interest rate.
A month before President Obama was elected, we blogged about the horrendously expensive fraud in the Medicare system and suggested that the new president make that one of his priorities. Apparently, he has as federal agents are already showing impressive results in a nationwide crackdown on Medicare scammers.
Chase is raising the minimum monthly payment on some of its loans which raises the ire of some of its customers.
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