By: Magaly Olivero Undocumented immigrants are expected to make up a larger share of Connecticut’s uninsured population next year, putting new financial pressures on safety-net hospitals that provide emergency care to everyone, state and national…
Like many others I started my Christmas shopping during Thanksgiving week. My wife brought home a Lands’ End catalog from the hair salon she goes to that advertised 30 percent off all items, plus free…
‘Brightest Flashlight’ App Shared Users’ Location, Device ID Without Consumers’ Knowledge The creator of one of the most popular apps for Android mobile devices has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the free…
Rule Brings New Oversight to Rapidly Growing Market Affecting Tens of Millions of Consumers The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a rule that allows the Bureau to supervise certain nonbank student loan servicers…
By: Susan Campbell In 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, which abolished racial discrimination in the armed services. There was significant pushback – within and outside the military – but by the…
By: Kate Farrish Five Connecticut nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health in connection with incidents of inadequate staffing and injuries to patients that included cuts and a broken leg….
By: Lisa Chedekel More than two-thirds of Connecticut hospitals will face Medicare penalties for lagging clinical-care measures in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, with smaller hospitals including Johnson Memorial, Windham and New Milford…
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has ordered a Canadian telemarketer and four companies he owns to pay more than $5.1 million to American and Canadian consumers who were duped into paying…
By: Karen Weintraub Everyone occasionally struggles to remember a name, blanks out on an appointment or forgets why they walked into the other room. But somewhere around age 40, those “senior moments” start to take…
By: Peggy McCarthy | 9 hours ago Connecticut is far behind in the goal to end homelessness among veterans by the federal 2015 deadline. Despite efforts since 2010, when the U.S. Department Veterans Affairs launched…
Most people know that their credit history can have an impact on whether they get hired. But did you know that your auto insurance rate is likely to be set, in part, by your credit…
Works with Department of Consumer Protection to Satisfy Outstanding Orders Nineteen customers of the now defunct New England Sheds, which operated at 65 Burritt Street in New Britain, are receiving refunds for sheds that were…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took its first enforcement action against a payday lender by ordering Cash America International, Inc. to refund consumers for robo-signing court documents in debt collection lawsuits. The CFPB…
By: Kate Farrish Over the objections of the state Department of Public Health, a divided state Medical Examining Board Tuesday reinstated the medical license of a Woodbridge pulmonologist who had inappropriate sexual contact with two…
By: Tamara Lytle The nomination of Connecticut Veterans’ Affairs Commissioner Linda S. Schwartz for a top federal job sailed through the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Tuesday on a unanimous voice vote. It goes to the…
By: Kate Farrish In more than half of Connecticut’s emergency rooms, the waiting time to see a health-care provider exceeds the national average of 28 minutes – a problem that experts say could get worse,…
The Federal Trade Commission is continuing its crackdown on payment processing operations that enable scam artists to charge consumer accounts despite signs of ongoing fraud and unauthorized transactions. Today, the Commission announced a proposed settlement…
By: Loren Bonner When it comes to vaccinating adolescent females against human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted disease known to be the main cause of cervical cancer, Connecticut boasts a slightly higher participation…
By: Kate Farrish Four Connecticut nursing homes have been fined by the state in connection with cases of a resident dying after a fall, another being burned, others who broke a leg, hip or cervical…
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has revoked the home improvement contractor registration of Lysco Contracting, Inc, of 70 East Jefryn Boulevard, Deer Park, NY for violations of the Home Improvement Act, the Unfair Trade…