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Consumer Action updates daily, headline news from a variety of news sources. The archive provides access in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, than month to allow for easier browsing.

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2023

February

Feb 28, 2023

• Headlines | Supreme Court hears challenges to student loan forgiveness

Feb 21, 2023

• Headlines | Why the South has such low credit scores
• Headlines | FTC charges GoodRx with illegally disclosing customer health information

Feb 07, 2023

• Headlines | Americans flunked this online privacy test

Feb 06, 2023

• Headlines | Even after you bought a car, dealerships can ‘yo-yo’ you and take it back

January

Jan 26, 2023

• Headlines | White House unveils Renters Bill of Rights

Jan 23, 2023

• Headlines | NJ bill would require digital-only coupon alternative

Jan 18, 2023

• Opinions & Editorials | It’s time to finally fix air travel

Jan 10, 2023

• Headlines | Biden’s new student loan repayment plan

Jan 05, 2023

• Headlines | A breach at LastPass has password lessons for us all

2022

December

Dec 29, 2022

• Headlines | Big e-vehicle tax credit possible early next year
• Headlines | What to know about Southwest flight refunds and lost luggage

Dec 22, 2022

• Headlines | Here’s how Congress wants to overhaul retirement plans

Dec 20, 2022

• Headlines | Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 Billion over consumer banking violations

Dec 19, 2022

• Chinese Headlines | Holiday Shopping Safety Tips, & Consumer Action Community Services
• Headlines | Epic games to pay $520 million over children’s privacy and trickery charges
• Headlines | Victims of wire-transfer fraud reveal how they lost thousands to scammers
• Headlines | How Medicare Advantage plans overcharged taxpayers by millions

Dec 13, 2022

• Headlines | 3 ways student borrowers were protected in 2022
• Headlines | The age of free online returns is ending

Dec 05, 2022

• Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action 51st Anniversary, Consumer Education & Community Services

November

Nov 23, 2022

• Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action Community Educations and PG&E Low-Income Discounted Programs (Video)
• Headlines | Student loan debt repayment pause extended

August

Aug 18, 2022

• Headlines | Military veterans are more vulnerable to scams than civilians

Aug 01, 2022

• Headlines | Corporate landlords ‘aggressively’ evicted tenants during pandemic

July

Jul 05, 2022

• Headlines | Insurers and employers have to reveal health care prices

June

Jun 13, 2022

• Opinions & Editorials | Must-pass bills give Congress (another) chance to lower drug costs

Jun 03, 2022

• Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action Community Services and PG&E Discounted Program

April

Apr 05, 2022

• Headlines | Your digital footprint: It’s bigger than you realize

March

Mar 01, 2022

• Spanish Headlines | Estudio: Vacuna de Pfizer contra COVID da protección a niños

February

Feb 28, 2022

• Spanish Headlines | Cómo protegerse de las estafas más frecuentes

January

Jan 10, 2022

• Spanish Headlines | Legisladores de California debaten plan de salud universal

Jan 07, 2022

• Spanish Headlines | Cómo crear crédito cuando no lo tienes

2021

November

Nov 22, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Piden ley sobre privacidad tras reporte sobre “lobby” de Amazon

Nov 20, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Ventajas y desventajas de Medicare Advantage

Nov 19, 2021

• Chinese Headlines | CA 50th Anniversary

October

Oct 22, 2021

• Headlines | Justice Department to expand redlining investigation efforts
• Spanish Headlines | Tiendas de dólar: ¿Son una oferta o no?

Oct 21, 2021

• Headlines | Consumer watchdog to probe Big Tech payment systems

Oct 15, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Respuestas a tus preguntas sobre la vacuna contra el coronavirus en los niños

Oct 11, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | 13 estados que cobran impuestos por recibir beneficios del Seguro Social

Oct 10, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Estadounidenses desembolsan $175 dólares más por mes, por inflación

September

Sep 26, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Instagram suspende planes de lanzar versión para niños

Sep 20, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Cómo administrar tus tarjetas de crédito
• Spanish Headlines | La pandemia afectó tu economía. Esto debes hacer

Sep 19, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Lentes inteligentes: Facebook le da una oportunidad a la tecnología que hizo quedar mal a Google

Sep 17, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Evita que una crisis de salud se convierta en una catástrofe financiera

Sep 09, 2021

• Headlines | CFPB wants to hear hear from small business owners about access to credit
• Headlines | HHS releases plan to lower drug prices
• Headlines | California aims to ban signage on non-recyclable ‘recyclables’

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