By: Peggy McCarthy Veterans’ advocacy groups Thursday accused the Veterans Administration of discriminating against military sexual assault victims seeking benefits for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, saying they receive “significantly’’ more denials than veterans with other…
By: Tamara Lytle Connecticut Veterans’ Affairs Commissioner Linda S. Schwartz made it clear Wednesday that her approach to a top federal Veterans Affairs job is personal. Schwartz, after 10 years leading Connecticut’s department, is nominated…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now accepting complaints from borrowers encountering problems with payday loans. Payday loans, also known as “cash advances” or “check loans,” are often short-term, small-dollar loans, generally for $500…
By: Susan Campbell Attention ladies! That rundown feeling you experienced last month just might have been the weight of the government balanced on your shoulders. Case in point: October’s government shutdown is over – for…
By: Lisa Chedekel Connecticut will receive more than $10 million in one of the largest pharmaceutical fraud settlements in history, as Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., resolve allegations of unlawfully marketing…
By: Peggy McCarthy After honorable discharges from the Army in 1979, and the National Guard in 1983, Arnold Giammarco sunk into a pattern of substance abuse, shoplifting and jail before turning his life around, marrying…
By: Lisa Chedekel Connecticut’s acute-care hospitals ended the last fiscal year in slightly better financial health than in the prior year, with just five of 30 hospitals reporting losses, according to a new state report….
By: Lisa Chedekel What if you needed a hip replacement and could click through a list of area hospitals to compare costs and outcomes for the procedure? That kind of transparency of information might go…
Marilyn Lennehan and her husband Jim were enjoying their La Cabana timeshare six years ago in Aruba when they heard a presentation from a BlueGreen Vacation Club representative. His spiel of how they could be…
Remediation Plan, New Onsite Manager Required to Avoid $40K Penalty, License Suspension Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein has issued a legal decision and order against Shoreline Trailer Court, LLC of Branford…
By: Lisa Chedekel Connecticut seniors on Medicare are more likely to take sedatives for insomnia and medications for depression than their counterparts across the country, according to a new report by Dartmouth researchers. An analysis…
Private student loan borrowers trying to pay off their loans early are taken advantage of by financial institutions, according to a report today from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB Ombudsman said in his…
By: Kate Farrish The state Medical Examining Board fined a New Haven doctor $5,000 on Tuesday for having inappropriate sexual contact with a female patient in 2008. The board found in its memorandum of decision…
By: Liz Seegert Nancy Cappello wants all women to receive the same opportunities for breast cancer screening that women in Connecticut have had for years. Cappello, who worked for passage of the state’s 2009 breast…
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Mortgage Master, Inc. and Washington Federal to pay civil penalties for violating the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), which requires certain mortgage lenders to accurately collect and…
Connecticut Utility Companies Join State Officials in Warning Residents About Scammers Demanding Payment Scammers posing as representatives of utility companies such as United Illuminating, Connecticut Natural Gas and Connecticut Light and Power have been targeting…
By: Lisa Chedekel Connecticut still ranks among the top 20 states in the use of antipsychotic drugs for elderly nursing home residents, but its rate of use has dropped 14 percent since 2011, new government…
Payment Processor to Pay $1.376 Million for Aiding Illegal Practices by Debt-Settlement Companies The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced an enforcement action against Meracord LLC, a leading debt-settlement payment processor, for allegedly helping…
By: Lisa Chedekel An Asian food restaurant in East Hampton was shut down after state labor department inspectors found that it was illegally hiring minors. Acting on a complaint from the parent of an underage…
U.S., Canadian Consumers Lost More Than $6 Million At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has halted an elusive business opportunity scheme that allegedly conned more than $6 million from American and Canadian…