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Media Resources
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CSS/Consumers’ Checkbook Mourns Loss, Celebrates Life
of Organization’s Founder Robert Krughoff
(February 27, 2023) -
Health Plan Comparison Tool Ready to Help Millions of Federal Employees and Retirees Choose Best Plans During Open Season
(Nov 14,2022) -
Health Plan Comparison Tool Ready to Help Millions of Federal Employees and Retirees Choose Best Plans During Open Season
(Nov 08, 2021) -
CSS/Consumers’ Checkbook President Robert Krughoff Retires; Veteran Staffer Paul Kallaur to Lead Organization
(Oct 13, 2021) -
Investigation Finds Used Cars Are Routinely Sold with Known, Life-Threatening Safety Defects — Sen. Blumenthal Weighs In
(Feb 18, 2021) -
Health Plan Comparison Tool Ready to Help Millions of Federal Employees and Retirees Choose Best Plans During Open Season
(Nov 11, 2019) -
Health Plan Comparison Tool Ready to Help Millions of Federal Employees and Retirees Choose Best Plans During Open Season
(Nov 9, 2020) -
Consumer Federation of America: Angie’s List: An Evaluation of Its Usefulness for Consumers
(April 29, 2019) -
New Plan Comparison Tool Available to Help Millions of Military Retirees Choose Best Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Plans (FEDVIP)
(November 12,2018) -
CSS/Consumers’ Checkbook Mourns Loss, Celebrates Life
of Organization’s Founder Robert Krughoff
(Feb 27, 2023) -
Health Plan Comparison Tool Ready to Help Millions of Federal Employees and Retirees Choose Best Plans During Open Season; Most People Can Save $2,000 or More
(November 12,2018) -
Consumers Relying on Nation’s Largest Car-Buying Service Pay Much More Than They Need To, Study Finds
(November 12,2018) -
New Tool Makes Smart Health Plan Choices Easier for Pennsylvanians
(December 8, 2016) -
Report: Price Matching Offers Easy Way for Shoppers to Save Money
(March 30, 2016) -
Nonprofit Consumer Group Releases First-Ever and Only Nationwide Ratings of Surgeons for Patient Outcomes, Based on Government Data Previously Kept from the Public
(July 14, 2015) -
NQF Honors Consumers' CHECKBOOK Founder Robert Krughoff with Inaugural Consumers and Patients for Quality Award
(March 24, 2015) -
Consumers' CHECKBOOK's Health Plan Comparison Tool Wins First Place in Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Plan Choice Challenge
(March 24, 2015) -
Consumers' CHECKBOOK/Center for the Study of Services Awarded State Contract for Work on Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange
(November 13, 2012) -
Consumers' CHECKBOOK Expert Explains, Demonstrates Key Features of Health Plan Comparison Tool in Speech at the World Health Congress on Health Insurance Exchanges
(September 29, 2011) -
CHECKBOOK.org Shows Consumers How to Secure Incredible Deals at Top-Notch Hotels, Just in Time for Holiday Travel
(December 8, 2009) -
Groundbreaking Program Collects, Publicly Reports Patients' Ratings of NYC Doctors
(December 9, 2010) -
New CHECKBOOK Program Collects and Publicly Reports Patients' Ratings of Doctors
(July 22, 2009) -
Court Ruling Would Deny Public Powerful Health Care Information
(February 3, 2009) -
Court Opinion in Consumers' CHECKBOOK v. U.S. Department Of Health & Humans Services
(February 3, 2009)
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