Health

Patients are paying more for routine health care without knowing why

Hospitals buy up independent clinics and the charges start piling up

Public Citizen uses truck billboard to call out Toyota's 'gas guzzling' ways

The moving billboard staked out the Washington Auto Show and the White House

Consumer Protection

Welcome to the superhighway of fraud

Consumer fraud reports up more than 6 million since 2001

Consumer Protection

Homeowners ripped off by illegal reverse mortgage charges, class action charges

Older homeowners often rely on reverse mortgages to stay in their homes

Consumer Protection

Payday loans and ICE: Minnesota has tamed both

Citizen activists resist ICE, Minnesota interest caps put an end to legal payday loans

Watch for energized snowstorm prices, consumer groups warn

Snow and frigid temps energize utilities to pile on the charges

Consumer Protection

Trump appointees go easy on fin-tech payday loans that trap consumers

Payday-style loan apps are getting an easy ride from Trump's agencies

Health

Chatbots crowding out psychiatrists

Unregulated, unlicensed, untrained apps are treating troubled patients

Consumer Protection

Solar panels: they're bright shiny objects but they throw off a lot of glare

Problems with financing, installations and service lead a growing list of complaints

AI/Privacy

Musk's DOGE improperly accessed Social Security data: court filing

Lawmakers calling for prosecution of those responsible

Money

Whatever happened to the Trump Phone?

There's still no phone although Trump Mobile is offering a bring-your-own-phone wireless plan

Health

Microdosing GLP-1: Too little of a good thing?

Marketers and their publicists are hawking tiny doses of GLP-1 but there's no evidence it's effective