It\u2019s always worth lodging a complaint, despite government budget cuts, layoffs and the rollback of regulatory oversight<\/p>\n
It might feel right now like there\u2019s no one looking out<\/a> for US consumers. But a wide array of federal, state and local regulators and watchdogs are tasked with targeting company fraud and deception.<\/p>\n If you have an intractable problem with a company, it is always worth filing a complaint to every relevant government office, consumer advocates say \u2013 despite government budget cuts, layoffs and the steady rollback of federal regulatory oversight.<\/p>\n The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) takes complaints on general product and service fraud and scams here<\/a>. It often refers cases to other agencies and collaborates with states on investigations.<\/p>\n The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) handles complaints within the financial services industry, including credit scorers and non-bank lenders, here<\/a> and still appears to be actively contacting companies to resolve issues, despite cuts.<\/p>\n You can search the Consumer Product Safety Commission\u2019s database of product recalls and warnings here<\/a> and file a complaint about an unsafe product here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Report airline travel delays, baggage problems and discrimination at the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s (FAA) consumer protection office<\/a>.<\/p>\n The FBI\u2019s Internet Crime Complaint Center takes complaints about criminal activity online, including fraud, here<\/a>. The bar for the FBI to launch a criminal investigation is generally higher than at agencies that handle civil complaints.<\/p>\n Register complaints about moving companies, trucks, buses and other transport here<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can request an \u201cexternal appeal\u201d of a health insurer\u2019s coverage denial in some states; a federal appeals process was suspended by Health and Human Services on 1 July. More information is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s always worth lodging a complaint, despite government budget cuts, layoffs and the rollback of regulatory oversight It might feel right now like there\u2019s no one looking out for US consumers. But a wide array of federal, state and local regulators and watchdogs are tasked with targeting company fraud and deception. If you have an … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}