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Chuck Bell
Programs Director, Advocacy
Health

Charles Bell is Programs Director for the advocacy division of Consumer Reports. He works closely with CR advocates California, New York, Texas, and Washington, D.C. on a wide range of consumer policy issues, including healthcare restructuring, financial services, energy, telecommunications, and the environment. He also engages in direct advocacy in the northeastern states on CR’s priority campaign issues, and works to develop grants, organizational collaborations, and events. He also manages the Colston E. Warne Program, which provides financial and technical support for U.S. and international consumer organizations.

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Advocacy
Consumer Reports comments on Proposed Final Judgment in CVS-Aetna merger
December 18, 2018
Health
Group letter against 18-month delay in requiring companies to use new Nutrition Facts label
September 26, 2017
Food
Consumers Union Letter to the Missouri Department of Insurance 
May 18, 2017
Money
Consumers Union Letter to the Texas Commissioner of Insurance
May 18, 2017
Money
Consumers Union Letter to Illinois Department of Insurance 
May 18, 2017
Money
Consumers Union Letter to the California Department of Insurance
May 18, 2017
Money
press release
New York proposes ban on discriminatory auto insurance rating factors
May 16, 2017
Money
Up In The Air: Inadequate Regulation for Emergency Air Ambulance Transportation
April 6, 2017
HealthTech & Privacy
Surprise Medical Bills and Emergency Air Ambulance Transportation
March 8, 2017
MoneyHealth
press release
Consumers Union Urges Pharmacies and Retailers to Stop Sales of Hyland Homeopathic Teething Remedies, Remove Them from Store Shelves
January 27, 2017
Health
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