CoPIRG Foundation letter to AQCC on cutting oil & gas pollution
Colorado's air quality regulators will consider a request this week to develop a new rule to cut more harmful pollution from oil and gas operations.
Letters & Testimony
PIRG urges agency to remove medical debt from credit reports
PIRG submitted comments supporting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed rule to prevent medical debt from appearing on credit reports sent to creditors.
Archive: The Plane Truth airline reports by U.S. PIRG Education Fund
PIRG comments – Solutions to high health care prices caused by private equity investment
Health care prices increase when private equity buys hospitals and physician practices.
Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing Legislative Agenda
The coalition’s member organizations are Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, Families USA, Health Access California, Pennsylvania Health Access Network, Public Citizen, and PIRG.
PIRG urges agency to protect patients from harmful credit reports
PIRG urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to issue rules to protect patients with medical debt from harmful effects of a negative credit report.
Amicus brief in Sidibe v. Sutter Health alleging anti-competitive practices that raised health prices
The brief, entered into the record in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on October 7, 2022, sides with the insured members of the class action, pointing to specific anti-competitive contracting provisions which have driven up costs for the insured patients using the Sutter Health system in California.
Junk fees should be banned, U.S. PIRG tells FTC
Companies should disclose the total price up front, including all mandatory fees, with accurate names for fees, what they're for and who they go to
PIRG says march-in rights should be used to drive down Rx drug prices
Over $100 Billion of federal funds are distributed to outside entities every year to research and develop novel products, including important medicine. The public's rights in those innovations need protection.
Public comment to Air Quality Control Commission on pollution from lawn equipment
Clean air advocate Kirsten Schatz submitted a letter to air quality commissioners encouraging them to tackle the shocking amount of pollution from gas lawn equipment