For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don't rate close to a perfect 10. ...more

November 23, 2009

Americans are worried about the fine print in the health care overhaul, an Associated Press poll says, and those concerns are creating new challenges for President Barack Obama as he tries to overcome doubts in Congress. ...more

November 16, 2009

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prodded Congress on Friday to enact legislation overhauling the nation's financial regulatory system to prevent a repeat of the banking and credit debacles that had thrust the country into crisis. ...more

October 24, 2009

The health insurance industry offered Tuesday for the first time to curb its controversial practice of charging higher premiums to people with a history of medical problems. ...more

March 24, 2009

Longing for a vacation but can't quite afford it? Get ready for layaway - and some tough questions to go along with it. ...more

November 30, 2008

In the waning days of his administration, President George W. Bush is trying to slip through a number of new rules that would undermine environmental and consumer protections. ...more

November 10, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stretched facts, sometimes past the breaking point, as they addressed the financial crisis and more during their second presidential debate. ...more

October 8, 2008

In their first debate of the 2008 presidential campaign, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama immediately discarded the scheduled topic of foreign affairs Friday night and waded into a discussion of the nation's financial crisis, with both saying they were optimistic that Congress would agree on a financial bailout plan in the coming days. ...more

September 27, 2008

The woes of Wall Street have caught up with the crisis on Main Street. ...more

September 22, 2008