Most consumers pay more for competitive supply than they would have paid for service from their utility companies. And the very small number of consumers who do manage to save money see only minor savings.
Medical debt is one of the most prevalent types of consumer debt. 13% of Oregon residents inpredominantly white zip codes have one or more medical debts in collection on their creditreports, increasing to 15% for residents of predominantly non-white zip codes. Among U.S.consumers, 52% of collection items on credit reports are for medical debts. Medical…
Written Testimony of Olivia Wein, National Consumer Law Center in Support of HB 982, Public Utilities – Low-Income and Middle-Income Housing – Energy Performance Targets
NCLC supports HB 260, which would help policymakers and regulators to better protect Maryland consumers
Written Testimony of John W. Van Alst Attorney, National Consumer Law Center and Director of NCLC’s Working Cars for Working Families Project Before the Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations U.S. House of Representatives “Examining Discrimination in the Automobile Loan and Insurance Industries.”
The corrections telecommunications industry contracts with prison and jail systems (and immigrationdetention centers) to provide the exclusive means for prisoners to maintain contact with the outsideworld. Limiting such contact and charging inflated prices for it is unfair and exploitative, and weakensfamily bonds by reducing the frequency of contact between prisoners and their families, which is…
The National Consumer Law Center thanks Senator Eldridge for introducing S.578 and Representative Brodeur for introducing its companion H.919 and offers the following testimony in support of S.578/H.919
Testimony before the COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CONSUMER CREDIT regarding “Fair Credit Reporting Act: How it Functions for Consumers and the Economy”
As the 2018 tax season begins to draw to a close, older adults should be wary of two tax time products offered by tax return preparers and lenders that could drain their hard-earned tax refunds: Refund Anticipation Checks (RAC) and Refund Anticipation Loans (RALs).
Tables 1, 2, and 3 of Protecting Seriously Ill Consumers From Utility Disconnections
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Supreme Court of the United States, Ohio et al. v. American Express Co. et al.
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