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Military

1. Outreach: MoneyWi$e financial education for the military
   Watch a YouTube video about Consumer Action's financial literacy outreach to military families.
2. Press: Popular benefit of health-care law excludes military families
   By the time Congress passed the national health-care overhaul, anxiety about it was so widespread that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates issued a statement reassuring military families. The legislation, Gates said, “will not negatively impact…
3. Press: Chase spends $2M to fix errors on military mortgages
   JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is issuing checks totaling $2 million to 4,000 service members after discovering overcharges and errors in their mortgages. “We made mistakes, we deeply regret them and are working to fix it in…
4. Press: Mortgage companies settle suits on military foreclosures
   Two mortgage servicing companies have agreed to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on the homes of at least 178 military service members and to set aside a minimum of $22 million to compensate…
5. Press: Meet Holly Petraeus: Servicemembers’ advocate at the CFPB
   Sometimes, catastrophes can lead to changes that better protect us—and by “us,” I mean the residents of Main Street—average Americans whose voices often get lost among the lobbyists and corporate interests. For example, in response…
6. Press: Consumer agency will fight to defend servicemembers’ pocketbooks
   Navy Petty Officer Tyson Steele needed to buy a new vehicle. But like some military members who borrow money, he said he was taken for a ride on the financing. He signed a deal in…
7. Press: Growing number of programs across USA help vets to get jobs
   Michael McQuade rises these days at 3 a.m., makes the two-hour trek from his home here to Port Newark and dives into the Newark Bay, welding and pouring concrete under water. After years of shuffling…