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Buying Prescription Glasses or Contact Lenses: Your Rights

After any eye checkup, you have the right to get a copy of your prescription from your eye care professional — whether you ask for it or not — at no extra charge.

Common Health Scams

People spend billions of dollars a year on products and treatments in the hope of improving their health and fitness. But a lot of that money goes to companies that make fake claims about those products and treatments, cheating people out of their money, their time — even their health.

Generic Drugs and Low-Cost Prescriptions

Generic drugs work just as well as brand-name drugs, and they can save you money.

Ideas for Buying Hearing Aids

If you’re one of the tens of millions of people in the country with hearing loss, you probably know that hearing aids can cost several hundred to several thousand dollars.

Health Scams

Spot Health Insurance Scams

Wading through your health insurance options and plans can be complex, overwhelming, and confusing. Dishonest companies and scammers know this and use it to their advantage.

The Truth Behind Weight Loss Ads

Dishonest advertisers make bogus claims about their weight loss products. Learn to spot and avoid bogus health claims.

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Consumer Alert

FTC squashes company claims that dietary supplements treat or prevent COVID-19

Colleen Tressler

November 22, 2022

In the FTC’s latest case targeting fake COVID-19 claims, the agency took action against Margrett Priest Lewis and the company she founded and manages, Precision Patient Outcomes, Inc. (PPO). Lewis and

Consumer Alert

Stay away from scams this Medicare Open Enrollment Period

Gema de las Heras

November 4, 2022

If you or one of your loved ones are on Medicare, you’re probably aware that open enrollment ends on December 7. And you’re probably reviewing and comparing different options to select a plan that’s

Consumer Alert

Health insurance covers at-home COVID-19 tests

Colleen Tressler

October 7, 2022

While you can no longer get free COVID-19 test kits from the federal government, if you have health insurance, you’re covered for eight free over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 tests each month. So if

Consumer Alert

Free COVID test scam targets people on Medicare

Gema de las Heras

August 23, 2022

Scammers have been targeting Medicare recipients with a fake offer to get “free COVID tests.” They’re calling and running websites, online and television ads to try to convince people to give their