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4 Out Of 5 Metropolitan Areas Lack Competitive Health Insurance Markets

4 Out Of 5 Metropolitan Areas Lack Competitive Health Insurance Markets

If you’ve been thinking that your options for health insurance coverage have been dwindling in recent years, you’re probably correct. A new report from the American Medical Association found that 83% of metropolitan areas in the United States lack a competitive commercial health insurance market. [More]

AT&T Retires $10 Messaging Plan For New
Customers

AT&T Retires $10 Messaging Plan For New Customers

AT&T is retiring its Messaging 1000 plan on Aug. 21, leaving new customers with just two messaging options: an unlimited plan or a pay-per-message basis. [More]

Consumers Union: Hard To See Benefit Of AT&T And T-Mobile Deal

Consumers Union: Hard To See Benefit Of AT&T And T-Mobile Deal

As we wrote yesterday, telecom giant AT&T is planning to pay $39 billion to acquire competing mobile carrier T-Mobile USA. And while the Death Star stands to benefit from the inherited 30 million subscribers and expanded network it will inherit, is there anything to be gained by the cellphone-using public? [More]