News

• July 02, 2009 Protections for victims of auto bankruptcies
• July 02, 2009 'Operation Short Change' charges fraud
• July 02, 2009 Mortgage refinance program expands
• July 02, 2009 Credit card issuers raising rates ahead of new law
• July 01, 2009 Obama presents bill to create consumer-finance watchdog

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CA News & Special Reports

Health Care Action Issue [Spring 2009] The Health Care Action Issue features articles on heath care reform, how to get health coverage, health savings accounts, new help for laid-off workers with COBRA premiums, tips to control health care costs and a bold health coverage experiment in San Francisco. ( Tuesday, April 14, 2009 )

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Recent Publications

Monday, June 29, 2009

Elder Fraud : Preventing Senior Scams - Powerpoint Training Slides. The Preventing Senior Scams Powerpoint training file is available for download in the "Download File" section.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Good Credit - Powerpoint Training Slides (2009). The Good Credit Powerpoint training file is available for download in the "Download File" section.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Good Credit - Seminar Lesson Plan Packet (2009). This PDF packet provides guidance for teachers and team leaders. The packet contains a detailed curriculum, classroom activities and take home worksheets.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Buen Crédito - Presentación en PowerPoint. El archivo de la presentación en PowerPoint del seminario Buen Crédito está disponible en la sección "Download File".

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Buen crédito - Ejercicios para hacer en clase. Este archivo en PDF contiene traducciones en español de las actividades para hacer en clase y los ejercicios para hacer en casa tomados del plan de enseñanza en inglés Good Credit.

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Recommended Publications

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Consumer Connection - Special Credit Edition. Consumer credit card debt has become an increasingly burdensome drain on many families' resources. Credit card debt nationwide more than quadrupled from 1989 to 2007, rising from $211 billion to $961 billion.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Medicare Insurance Fact Sheets. The California Health Advocates provides accurate information on Medicare Insurance, and other healthcare benefits. Their website now features a variety of facts sheets on Medicare Insurance in various languages.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Faces of Foreclosure. Consumers Union created this series of short videos featuring the stories of people targeted by predatory lending practices and how they were forced by the bad mortgages to make difficult decisions.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Stop Identity Theft. "You Have the Power to Stop Identity Theft" can help consumers prevent and resolve identity theft and Internet "phishing."

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Health insurance 'Premiums vs Paychecks'. Throughout the first eight years of the new millennium, health care costs have skyrocketed, while working families’ wages have stood still.

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