New rules in the health care law are supposed to ensure that at least 80% of our insurance premium actually pays for medical care or else we get a rebate. But the insurance industry is fighting tooth and nail to get around that rule.

New rules in the health care law are supposed to ensure that at least 80% of our insurance premium actually pays for medical care or else we get a rebate. But the insurance industry is fighting tooth and nail to get around that rule.

The medical-device safety bill is coming up for a major vote, yet it still includes a gaping safety loophole that industry lobbyists just love.

Tell your Representative that safety testing medical implants first, and tracking them in case they need to be removed later, just makes sense.

You have a lot of power right now because your Senator sits on the committee that is shaping the final medical device safety bill.

We shouldn't be used as guinea pigs when it comes to something as serious as a medical implant. Yet everyday, Americans are finding out that the medical device they are using to improve their health may actually end up hurting them or worse.

Urges members of the E&C committee to consider consumer safety issues in PDUFA V.

Ask state legislators to urge hospitals in their district to join the Pronovost checklist campaign to end blood stream infections in the ICU.

Americans now owe $1 trillion in loans for their college educations -- more than what we all owe on credit cards. Students and their families are taking out loans in record numbers because the cost of college has skyrocketed...

Consumers fought hard for the right to a free copy of our credit reports, and we won that battle nearly a decade ago by bombarding Congress with hundreds of thousands of messages.

Wells Fargo manipulated the order of its customers' deposits and debits to maximize overdraft fees. A court ordered the bank to pay millions back to its customers. Wells hopes to tie this up in appeals for years. Tell the CEO to give up the appeals.

Tell the credit card banks' top brass exactly what you think of the most recent round of rate increases, fees and new charges. Treating their best customers this way is hardly a sustainable business model in a fragile economy. Tell them what you think!

As Germany struggles with its deadly food outbreak, a plan being voted on this week in Congress could dramatically set back food safety efforts in the United States.

Remember those millions of toy recalls? Lead paint, dangerous magnets and more. To make sure you can tell if products will be safe, Congress authorized a new database to report and read about safety problems. Corporations are trying to get rid of it!

FDA is about to approve its first genetically altered food animal--GE salmon. Bipartisan bills to stop the approval and require labeling have been filed! Tell your lawmakers to support these bills!

Each day we use an average of 10 personal care products shampoos, lotions, cosmetics exposing us to more than 126 unique chemicals.

Today Americans across the nation are writing and calling their members of Congress with a simple request: Stop Internet companies from secretly tracking children online!

No one should get to unilaterally close down the websites you rely on because they may, or may not, contain pirated content or links to pirated consumer goods. Legislation currently under consideration is draconian. Help us get to a better solution!

Tell the Senate NOT to overturn the FCC's net neutrality rules. Keep the internet open and accessible to everyone!

Ever gotten a charge on your cell phone bill for something you didn't buy? Unlike a credit card company, cell phone companies do not have to pull that charge off your bill or cap your damages for fraud to $50. Let's change that! Act now!

A bill has just been introduced to give you real control over your personal information while online or on your phone! Ask your lawmakers to cosponsor it!

If you've ever gotten a huge cell phone bill, and spent hours on the phone with customer service, then you will love this simple fix. Cell phone companies should notify you by text or call when you reach your voice, text or data limits!

If you own a cell phone or wireless device, you're being held hostage by the giant telecom companies.

The decisions of the deficit-reduction committee and Congress could impact every area of consumers' lives. From our retirement security to our health care as we age; from the safety of the products we buy to the food we serve our families.

These days, anyone with a credit card can purchase a lot of information about you, no questions asked. That information may be inaccurate. Or maybe you just want some privacy. Get control over your public record! Act now!

As the Senate hammers out a budget, special interests are grabbing for policy changes in the guise of savings. Manufacturers want to stop the new CPSC safety database. Insurance companies want more of your premium for themselves. Take action now!

Tightening spending and cutting waste is important to get our deficit under control.

After the recall of more than 20 million cars this year, improvements in auto safety are overdue. A bill to give you more information about defects and hold companies accountable needs your help to pass before the end of this lame duck session!

As you watched holiday car ads, did you think..."Really? 23 mpg? You can't do better than that?" Of course they can. But automakers still churn out mostly inefficient cars. Support mileage that get us all further down the road for less.

It only takes some extra effort and about $800 for new Ohio homes to meet national energy efficiency standards. And this effort pays big dividends in the long run by lowering homeowners' utility bills by hundreds of dollars each year.

If each of us saves just a little bit of energy, it can really add up. By designing our appliances so they save even more electricity and water, the impact can be staggering some $43 billion in energy savings over the next 20 years!

The House majority is pushing a bill that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from setting fuel efficiency standards that could save us billions at the pump and reduce our dependence on unstable, foreign oil.

Three months of oil gushing into our Gulf, and still no comprehensive energy plan. And now some Senators want to leave Washington without taking up a bill!