Headline News Archive

2010

July

30

• Websites help patients compare prices for health care. As Alan Grunberg neared 50, he knew he was going to need a colonoscopy, so the Chicago-based Realtor began shopping around to try and find…

29

• Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in U.S.. Toyota Corp. said Thursday that it is recalling 412,000 Avalons and Lexuses for steering problems, bringing the number of cars recalled around the world since…

• Social Security benefits need protection from payday lenders. Over the years, I've met too many people who were stuck in a hellish payday-loan cycle, rolling one loan into another until the fees and…

• Soldiers' families denied cash payout as insurers profit. The package arrived at Cindy Lohman's home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant,…

28

• Employers get tough on insuring 'family'. Think your whole family is covered by your company health plan? Get ready to prove they're actually your kin. Under the new health care legislation,…

22

• Battle brews over director for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama reversed decades of lax oversight of the financial industry Wednesday by signing a landmark overhaul of regulations, but he still faces a major…

• Health insurers kept surplus while hiking premiums. Non-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans stockpiled billions of dollars during the past decade, yet continued to hit consumers with double-digit premium increases,…

• Obama signs financial overhaul into law. As much as it felt like an ending, President Obama launched a new era in the relationship between Washington and the financial world when he…

• New rules to appeal denials of health insurance claims. Patients will find it easier to appeal the denials of health insurance claims under rules being issued Thursday by the Obama administration, which is trying…

21

• Wall Street reform law's starting line. As soon as President Obama's name shows up on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law Wednesday, there will be some changes in the way the…

• Safety-driven software to block texting while driving. Technology is emerging that could solve a growing menace on the nation's highways: texting while driving. A Georgia company today announces a partnership with an…

20

• Insurers tout disease management programs, but critics are wary. Venante Kotey is a stay-at-home mother in Dumfries. Bridget Hamilton-Roberts is a nurse more than 500 miles away in Atlanta. They've never met. But over…

18

• Insurers push plans limiting patient choice of doctors. As the Obama administration begins to enact the new national health care law, the country’s biggest insurers are promoting affordable plans with reduced premiums that…

15

• Passage of financial reform is only half the battle. The Senate's expected approval of financial regulatory reform this week closes more than a year of partisan wrangling over how to prevent a future economic…

13

• Wall Street reform and the price of milk. Congress is expected to finally pass the massive Wall Street reform bill later this week. And the lobbyists have already moved on to their next…

• Financial regulation bill nears finish line. Two key Republicans said Monday that they plan to support a far-reaching bill to overhaul financial regulations, all but ensuring that the landmark legislation will…

12

• More Americans' credit scores sink to new lows. The credit scores of millions more Americans are sinking to new lows. Figures provided by FICO Inc. show that 25.5 percent of consumers — nearly…

10

• When choosing healthcare, you'll know what you owe. QUICK quiz: What’s the difference between co-pay and co-insurance? If you’re like most people, you may think they are the same. But while it is…

05

• Declare your financial independence. While Independence Day comes just once a year, millions of consumers are mired in financial dependence day after day. Too many count on credit cards…

04

• The hard work falls to the regulators. Robert Temple doesn't look obscenely rich. He's got big glasses and a thick walrus mustache. He does not wear bling. And the fact of the…

01

• Financial reform bill passes U.S. House. The House on Wednesday approved the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression, and last-minute changes this week appeared to solidify support…

• Healthcare site highlights options. Maybe you are a 21-year-old woman who has just graduated from college in Ohio and haven't found a job yet. Or you are a 49-year-old…

June

27

• Caring for seniors' financial health. When we talk about the aging population in the United States, the conversation is often focused on who will take care of the physical needs…

26

• Wave of new rules to protect consumers. The financial overhaul bill that has taken final shape would give the government a larger role in guarding the wallets of consumers — many of…

• Overhaul adds consumer help. The massive financial overhaul approved by key lawmakers early Friday was hailed by many reform advocates as offering landmark protections for consumers, even as others…