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KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Blue Shield and Cigna Bait and Switch
Consumer advocates filed two separate lawsuits against Cigna and Blue Shield of California for misrepresenting their physician and hospital networks in order to boost sales during the Affordable Care Act’s ‘open enrollment period’ that ended on March 31.
KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Blue Shield and Cigna Bait and Switch
Consumer advocates filed two separate lawsuits against Cigna and Blue Shield of California for misrepresenting their physician and hospital networks in order to boost sales during the Affordable Care Act’s ‘open enrollment period’ that ended on March 31.
KCAL TV-9 Los Angeles: Blue Shield & Cigna Sued for ‘Bait & Switch’ Misrepresentations of Doctor and Hospital Networks
Consumer advocates filed two separate lawsuits against Cigna and Blue Shield of California for misrepresenting their physician and hospital networks in order to boost sales during the Affordable Care Act’s ‘open enrollment period’ that ended on March 31.
KABC TV-7 ABC Los Angeles – Prop 46 Aims To Drug Test Doctors
A No on 46 spokesperson suggests that it’s more important that a physician enjoy alcohol after dinner instead of finding out the cause of an adverse event, such as disability or death of a patient. Prop 46 would require drug and alcohol testing of a doctor within 12 hours of an adverse event.
Learn more about Proposition 46 and the campaign for patient safety at: www.yeson46.org.
Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Consumers Can Expect an Insurance Industry Ad Deluge in Response to Field Poll Showing 69% Support for Proposition 45
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog warned today that the 69% public approval rating in the latest Field poll for Prop 45 means that consumers will almost certainly face an avalanche of deceptive insurance company ads designed to scare and confuse voters.
Cupertino to Get Super-Fast AT&T Broadband Service
CUPERTINO -- This city is about to get a GigaPower boost to speed up Internet service.
AT&T is set to announce Wednesday it will bring super-fast broadband service, dubbed GigaPower, to Apple's hometown. It promises download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, which is fast enough to download a high-definition movie in half a minute and is 100 times faster than the connection in the average American home.
Facebook Is Quietly Making Friends With State Lawmakers Across The Country
WASHINGTON -- Just hours after Facebook officially went public on the New York Stock Exchange on May 18, 2012, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) signed a bill that granted the multibillion-dollar company an enormous tax break on its data center in Prineville, Oregon.
The legislation, dubbed the "Facebook bill" by local media, changed the way taxes were assessed on tech companies' data centers. The move saved the social media giant millions of dollars.
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