Letters & Testimony

Patient protections needed from medical credit cards
Hands on a calculator with spreadsheets

Health care

Patient protections needed from medical credit cards

U.S. PIRG files comments relating to financial products for medical services. This relatively new version of a credit card, marketed specifically for health care services and products, usually lures in applicants with promises of a promotional 0% APR for an introductory period of 6-18 months. What is not always evident to the applicant is the more complex terms of the financial agreement.

Letters & Testimony  

Reducing harmful pesticides
Bottles of Roundup on store shelves

Pesticides

Reducing harmful pesticides

There are more than 80,000 chemicals on the market in the United States, used in everything from perfumes and household cleaners to fertilizers and industrial solvents. Yet most of them go directly into use without testing their impact on our health, our wildlife, or the long-term consequences for the environment.

Letters & Testimony  

PIRG urges Congress to approve COVID-19 funding
COVID drive-through testing site

COVID-19

PIRG urges Congress to approve COVID-19 funding

As we approach the grim milestone of 1 million Americans dead from COVID-19, we have a chance to put the worst of the crisis behind us. We can only do it if Congress approves additional funding to maintain all of the virus-fighting tools at our disposal. 

Letters & Testimony