Gerri every once in a while a highprofile executive says something and means another. John ledgers, he says he fights for consumers at tmobile. He sure looks like one of us with his tshirts and gym shoes. Listen to this. Ive always been very consistent. The uncarrier revolution is important for u. S. Wireless and it will continue and our growth creating competition over the longterm depends on scale, depends on capital and depends upon us being this aggressor. Gerri now, while ledger may call himself the uncarrier, the youth he is not that different from his competitors. That is because tonight the federal trade commission is suing tmobile for charging customers of hundreds of millions of dollars for services they didnt order in a practice known as cramming. Here with more is consumer expert clark howard. Hi, there, clark. Thanks for being with us. Great to see you. Gerri describe cramming. What is it . It a despicable practice that happened in the phone business and in the banking bus
It doesnt matter whether youre going to the hospital, the pharmacy, youre seeing rising prices. Yeah. Prices have been rising dramatically for many, many years. We dont see an end to that. Most patients have insurance traditionally. They havent been exposed to the full price of care. Just a fraction of what it actually costs. Providers keep raising the costs and passing it on to the employers. The patients have to know it hits their pocketbook. It pays for them to shop around. You can get a good price in health care. Not everyone charges a whole lot. You have to shop around. Gerri of course. Weve talked about bending the cost curve. I think its been bent by breaking our wallet. Its really tragic. I want to talk about good rx here for a second because this is an exciting new proposition for folks out there. Tell us how it works. Sure. Good rx basically takes Prescription Drug prices at pharmacies across america as well as all forms of discounts that consumers can easily do and brings th
Proposal in this bill that rolls back some of the doddfrank leg Regulatory Reform bill of because of those objections it may derail this bill. Why is this in an appropriations bill . Because it was the price to pay to get an appropriations bill. I was told we couldnt get all these other things that have been described here so lovingly, beautifully unless we gave wall street this gift. Democrats have supported this provision in the past. It was agreed to in this bill on a bipartisan, bicameral agreement. And so while some members may have objected to this issue or that issue, nobody did this unilaterally. Weve done this in a bipartisan fashion and frankly its a good bill. Congressional and white house aides are telling us that president obama, Vice President biden are making calls to democrats on the hill. Meanwhile House Minority leader nancy pelosi who are telling her colleagues to vote against this proposal. So intraparty fighting going on between democrats as well. Meanwhile the whi
These are periodically placed all the way down the street. Its a struggle to find places to put it all. The big data theft. What should you be doing right now to protect yourself . Our consumer expert clark howard is here. And some say its no longer the american dream. Why an increasing number of americans want to rent, not buy. It just makes sense right now, with the economy bottoming out. That i continue to rent. Gerri all that and more coming up on the willis report, where consumers are our business. Gerri we begin tonight with a new intrusion on some of your most personal spaces. Samsung has a new tv that comes with a a privacy warning. It listens to you and records your conversations. And our cars are pushing the boundaries of privacy and data collection. So far that congress is stepping in. With us to examine the issue, cyber and Identity Protection experts joe lumis and adam. I want to read what samsung, a little disclaimer that samsung put out with its tv. Your device may captu
Organization says ebola cases will rise tenfold. The death rate has climbed 70 . That means your possibility of surviving is declining. While here at home the firstever human trials in this country for an ebola vaccine have begun. For more we have a professor of Infectious Diseases at Florida International University Department of medicine. She recently spent a month fighting ebola in nigeria. Also with us, ceo and president of the leapfrog group which specializes in hospital preparedness. Welcome to you both. Eileen, i want to start with you, today the cdc in a press conference just moments ago saying the highest risks contacts of Thomas Duncan have passed the highest risk period of quarantine. Should we feel safer tonight. You should feel a little bit safer but remember the incubation period varies for every individual. Until theyre finished with their 21 days were not totally in the clear for those individuals. And certainly your experience in coming back into this country through m