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Consumer Watchdog Campaign: USC Pharmacy Dean Reaped $6 Million Serving on EpiPen Board; Protest Demanded Resignation As Congress Grilled Mylan CEO

LOS ANGELES, CA - Consumer Watchdog Campaign joined drug price advocates and people outraged over the price of Mylan, Inc.’s lifesaving EpiPen and other lifesaving drugs,…

Follow the (insurance lobby’s) money

In the race to influence health care reform, the insurance industry and major corporations just made a big score in the toy department. RAND Corp. today…

Cost of Family Health Coverage Tops $12K, Need for Insurer Rate Regulation Is Clear;

Health Insurance Premiums Up 78% Since 2001 While Insurers Report Record Profits

Regulators Investigate Excessive Blue Cross Profits and Illegal Cash Transfers As Senate Votes on Bill To Regulate Health Insurance Premiums, Profit, Overhead;

Consumers & Advocates Suffering Double-Digit Rate Increases Call For Affordability Bill

For-Profit Health Insurance Carriers Getting the Blues

Arkansas Business "The merger of WellPoint and Anthem, which formed the new WellPoint company, gave away close to $450 million in executive compensation," said Jerry Flanagan,…

Cover Everyone & Save

"If the U.S. were to shift to a system of universal coverage � the savings in administrative costs would be more than enough to offset the…

Industry Greed, Not Patients’ Interest, Drives Consolidation of Health Insurers

Los Angeles Business Journal Two recent mergers, PacifiCare with United Health and Anthem with WellPoint, reveal that getting bigger is, in fact, all about insurance industry…

Health Care Advocates Call On Insurance Commissioner to Adopt 5 Principles Before Approving PacifiCare/United Health Merger

CalPERS Board Opposes $345 Million In Merger Bonuses for PacifiCare Executives;

FTCR Says Schwarzenegger Should Give Back $78K In PacifiCare Campaign Contributions

The Tipping Point for Health Care Reform

The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) The fact that the cost of providing a year's worth of health insurance for a family is now more than the entire…

Consumer and Patient Groups Call on Regulators to Oppose PacifiCare Merger at Sacramento Hearing

PacifiCare Bonuses & Reserves Enough to Health Care for 278,000 Californians For An Entire Year

Health Care Premiums Surpass Minimum Wage Salary;

Increase Marks the Beginning of the End of Health Care System

Patients With Live Pigs Call on Regulators to Cut the Pork Out of ‘Piggish’ PacifiCare/UnitedHealth Merger

Patients Protest Merger Bonuses and Reserves Large Enough to Provide Health Insurance To 278,000 Californians for An Entire Year

PacifiCare deal draws fire;

Consumer advocates decry $314 million for top execsModern Healthcare The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights last week called on state regulators to slash the payouts…

PacifiCare Merger Bonuses & Reserves Enough to Provide Insurance for 200,000 Californians For An Entire Year;

Consumer Groups Calls on Regulators to Oppose Merger