Press Releases
Press Releases
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| May 8, 2013 |
Pew Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Antimicrobial Data Collection Act Pew Charitable Trusts today applauded Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Susan Collins (R-ME), for introducing the Antimicrobial Data Collection Act, which would require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to report more information on the annual sales of antibiotics used among industrial farm animals. The bipartisan bill would also give the agency a deadline to finalize policies proposed last year to eliminate the use of antibiotics for growth promotion purposes in meat production. |
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| Feb 26, 2013 |
Pew Applauds New Antibiotics Legislation The Pew Charitable Trusts today applauded Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) for introducing the Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals (DATA) Act (H.R. 820) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would authorize the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect and report data that would shed light on how antibiotics are being used on industrial farms. |
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| Oct 15, 2012 |
Pew Comments on Proposed Antibiotics Legislation Laura Rogers, project director for the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, issued a statement in support of legislation proposed by Rep. Henry Waxman’s (D-CA) that would enable the FDA and the public to verify whether the agency's efforts toward providing guidance on limiting the overuse and misuse of antibiotics are actually working. |
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| Dec 15, 2011 |
Kohl and Grassley to hold hearing on Physician Payments Sunshine Act Implementation On Thursday, December 15, Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) will convene a hearing entitled, “Parting the Clouds: Implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.” |
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| Oct 18, 2011 |
Los "cargos ocultos o inesperados" fueron mencionados como la razón principal por la cual los trabajadores pobres del Gran Los Ángeles, aquellos que tienen empleo pero que incluso así permanecen en pobreza relativa, cerraron cuentas de banco el pasado año, por encima de razones como la pérdida del empleo o la falta de dinero, según una encuesta en hogares predominantemente hispanos y de bajos ingresos dada a conocer por el Safe Banking Opportunities Project (Proyecto Oportunidades para Banca Segura) del Pew Health Group. |
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| Oct 18, 2011 |
Hidden or Unexpected Fees Cited as Top Reason Working Poor Close Bank Accounts “Hidden or unexpected fees” were cited as the number one reason Greater Los Angeles’ working poor – those who are employed yet remain in relative poverty– closed bank accounts in the past year, surpassing job loss or lack of money, according to a survey of predominately Hispanic, low-income households released by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Banking Opportunities Project. |
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| May 18, 2011 |
Business Credit Cards Place Millions of U.S. Households at Risk The Credit CARD Act of 2009, signed into law two years ago, made consumer credit cards safer and more transparent. But, its rules did not apply to cards labeled for business or commercial use, placing millions of individuals and small business owners at risk. |
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| May 10, 2011 |
Two Years after Credit Card Act, Pew Finds Interest Rates and Other Fees Stabilized Credit card holders are seeing stabilized interest rates, the elimination of overlimit penalty charges, a reduction in late fees charged by banks and minimal changes in annual fees since the Credit CARD Act of 2009 took effect, according to new research by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Credit Cards Project. |
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| Aug 19, 2010 |
Nick Bourke, director of the Pew Health Group’s Safe Credit Cards Project, today issued the following statement in response to the final rules under the Credit CARD Act of 2009, which will take effect Sunday, August 22. |
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| Aug 11, 2010 |
Pew Applauds Introduction of Automatic IRA Legislation, Urges Bipartisan Support Eleni Constantine, director of the Pew Health Group’s financial security portfolio, issued the following statement in support of legislation creating an “automatic IRA,” S. 3760, introduced by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and H.R. 6099, introduced by Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA). |
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| Jul 22, 2010 |
Pew Report Finds Credit Cards More Transparent, Yet Problems Remain Most of the practices deemed “unfair” or “deceptive” by the Federal Reserve have disappeared from new credit card offers since federal passage of the Credit CARD Act last year, according to a new report by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Credit Cards Project. Yet new trends have emerged that could cost cardholders significantly. |
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| Jul 20, 2010 |
Pew Health Group Report Measures Financial Habits of Low-Income Families in Greater Los Angeles Half of low-income families in Greater Los Angeles turn to costly and unregulated alternative financial services (AFS) rather than banks to meet their monetary needs, according to a new survey released today by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Banking Opportunities Project. |
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| Feb 16, 2010 |
Pew Finds Credit CARD Act Will Save Consumers Billions The Credit CARD Act of 2009, with major provisions taking effect this month, will save American cardholders billions of dollars by banning unfair or deceptive practices, according to research from the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project. |
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| Jan 25, 2010 |
Obama Proposes More Affordable Student Loan Payments “The student loan proposal announced by the President today could not come at a better time, as the weak economy and high unemployment are making it harder than ever for people to make monthly payments on their student loans." |
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| Jan 14, 2010 |
Pew Commends the Federal Reserve’s Latest Rules on the Credit CARD Act of 2009 Nick Bourke, project manager for the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project, today issued the following statement in response to the latest rules under the Credit CARD Act of 2009. |
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| Dec 15, 2009 |
New Default Rate Data for Federal Student Loans: 44% of Defaulters Attended For-Profit Institutions Yesterday the U.S. Department of Education released a preview of college “cohort default rates” for federal student loans using a more robust methodology that will take effect in 2011. |
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| Oct 28, 2009 |
Pew Report Finds Deceptive Credit Card Practices Remain Widespread One hundred percent of credit cards offered online by the leading bank card issuers continue to include practices that will be outlawed once legislation passed in May takes effect next year, according to a new report by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Credit Cards Project. |
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| May 20, 2009 |
Pew Analysis Shows Senate Bill Would Curb Billions in Credit Card Penalty Charges A full 82 percent of credit cards allow penalty interest rate hikes that could last indefinitely, giving responsible cardholders no right to return to the originally agreed upon interest rate, according to a new issue brief from The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Safe Credit Cards Project. |
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| May 19, 2009 |
Pew Statement Applauding Senate Vote to Stop Many Deceptive Credit Card Practices "The Senate today joined the House in coming together to pass smart, strong, bipartisan legislation that puts an end to many unfair and deceptive credit card practices. This is a tremendous victory for the millions of credit card carrying consumers, many of whom will be able to avoid hundreds, even thousands of dollars in unfair fees and interest rate hikes." |
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| May 11, 2009 |
Pew Statement Urging Senate to Protect Consumers from Deceptive Credit Card Practices "The current economic crisis has made it clear that ignoring unfair and deceptive lending practices can hurt both family finances and our economy. Fortunately, the U.S. Senate has the opportunity this week to join the House in passing legislation to ensure credit card companies use safe, fair and transparent policies." |
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| Apr 30, 2009 |
Statement Applauding Bipartisan Passage of the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights "The passage of the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights is a victory for all consumers and for credit card issuers who want to offer a safe and fair product." |
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| Apr 29, 2009 |
The Retirement Security Project announced today that J. Mark Iwry, Principal of The Retirement Security Project, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and former Treasury Department official, has been appointed by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary for Retirement and Health Policy, effective April 27, 2009. |
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| Apr 29, 2009 |
Statement Urging House to Pass the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights "In this economic climate, allowing credit card issuers to continue to engage in unfair and deceptive practices is like letting a car company continue to sell cars we know have faulty brakes. Congress needs to act now to give consumers protection under the law from business practices that the Federal Reserve and our independent research have shown are widespread." |
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| Apr 20, 2009 |
Pew Funds Genetics and Public Policy Center's New Consumer Genetics Project The Pew Charitable Trust has awarded $750,000 to the Genetics and Public Policy Center for a new project focused on consumer protections for applications of genetic testing. |
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| Mar 31, 2009 |
Pew Releases Standards for Safe Credit Cards The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Safe Credit Cards Project today released a set of standards designed to prevent deceptive and dangerous credit card practices and called for legislation to outlaw such practices. |
