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Letters to the Regulators: Letter Urging End to Overpayments to Insurance Companies and Financial Institutions

AFR joins a sign-on letter urging the Biden Administration to end billions of dollars in overpayments to insurance companies and financial institutions. These wasteful overpayments are causing significant challenges for Medicare’s financial sustainability. The fixes that CMS can and should undertake will help level the playing field between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, promote health equity and bring down Part B premiums for everyone with Medicare.

Event: Taking Action Against Private Equity in Nursing Homes with Staff to Patient Ratios

In September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies (CMS) issued a rule that would require a minimum staff to patient ratio in nursing homes. This is a historic action by the Biden Administration. However, the ratio must be stronger to protect residents and workers.

Standing Up for Consumers: A conversation with CFPB Director Rohit Chopra

The Fifth Circuit’s Attempt to Overhaul the CFPB

“Surge Voters” and Anti-Corporate Inflation Messaging

AFR staff Moonyoung Ko testifies before Senate Climate Change Task Force

Toxic Money: Wall Street’s Evil Twin—How Private Equity Propels the Climate Crisis

The private equity industry has pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuel companies with little scrutiny.

Book Talk: "Ethically Challenged" by Prof. Laura Olson

“Ethically Challenged” Book Talk with Prof. Laura Olson

Prof. Olson calls for governments to curb the spread of the private equity industry in health care through regulations and changes to tax laws.

Building Power with Popular Education

Popular education is essential to building an equitable future — especially for base-building organizations.

Letter to Regulators: The Fed must recognize its own regulatory failures and take action in the wake of Archegos

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund wrote the Fed to express concerns over the blow-up of the Archegos family fund. This incident reveals both the dangers of excessive leverage at private funds, and the failure of banking regulators, including the Federal Reserve, to properly regulate bank interactions with such funds. To address these issues, the Federal Reserve must investigate its own regulatory failures in this case and publicly disclose the lessons learned from this investigation, and must also work with the Financial Stability Oversight Council to address the risks of excessive leverage at private funds.