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CNN – Is Obamacare second rate insurance?
Cancer patient Danielle Nelson was thrilled to find coverage, but had a hard time keeping her oncologist.
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NBC Bay Area – Reality Check – The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act
Is drug testing of doctors actually needed? An NBC Reality Check segment takes a closer look at a new measure aiming to…
Mar 30, 2014
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KTTV Fox Los Angeles – Jamie Court appears on MidDay Sunday
Jamie Court President of Consumer Watchdog appears on MidDay Sunday to discuss the Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act. The Pack…
Mar 28, 2014
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Why Are Health Insurance Rates on the Increase?
Jamie Court appears on KCRW 'Which Way LA'
Mar 26, 2014
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KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Bill to Require Doctors to Undergo Drug Testing Heads to Ballot
Supporters of the bill also spoke at the conference to announce 830,000 signatures, including one man whose father entered a vegetative state…
Mar 25, 2014
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KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Require Random Drug Testings Of Doctors Coming To Ballot
Several relatives of those who died as a result of medical malpractice tearfully recalled their experience at press conference Monday while holding…
Mar 25, 2014
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KTLA TV-5 Los Angles – New Proposition Aims To Stop Drunk Doctors
Bob and Carmen Pack, whose 10-year-old son Troy and 7-year-old daughter Alana died in 2003, appeared at a news conference outside the…
Mar 24, 2014
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KCAL CBS TV-9 Los Angeles – New Proposition Aims To Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
Supporters on Monday are expected to submit more than 800,000 signatures to put the medical reform measure, which would also require doctors…
Mar 22, 2014
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KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – DTSC Results On Exide Lead
Officials with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced they had found extremely high levels of lead in homes, schools…
Mar 18, 2014
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KOVR CBS TV-13 Sacramento – California DMV Holds Hearing On Driverless Cars
It's coming, "driverless cars" could be commercially available sooner than you think. The California DMV held a public hearing to solicit ideas…
Mar 12, 2014
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KTTV Fox-11 Los Angeles – LA Schools & Homes In Danger From Exide Lead
The Department of Toxic Substances Control ordered environmental testing of soil at 39 homes and two schools near the Exide facility in…
Mar 12, 2014
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KTLA TV-5 Los Angles – Health Warnings Issued For Elevated Levels Of Lead
California Governor Jerry Brown intervened in the case of Vernon lead battery recycler Exide Technologies that has threatened public health with hazardous…
Mar 11, 2014
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Jamie Court Talks to the California Assembly About Retailer Data Breach
The California Assembly Judiciary and Assembly Banking and Finance Committees gathered today to discuss the data breaches atcompanies such as Target, Neiman…
Feb 18, 2014
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KCRA – Los Angeles – Retailers fail to appear for data breach hearings
Lawmakers invited representatives of Target and Neiman Marcus to testify at a California hearing of the Judiciary and Banking and Finance committees,…
Feb 18, 2014
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KTTV Fox Los Angles – Will the Google / Time Warner merger mean bad business for consumers?
Since deregulation of the television industry in 1996, rates have more than doubled. The legislation was heralded as good for consumers, bnut…
Feb 16, 2014
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KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Comcast Is Taking Over Time Warner, Will Customers Suffer?
Comcast and Time Warner has proposed a merger to unite the two media giants. The American Consumer Satisfaction Index ranked both companies'…
Feb 14, 2014
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KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles – Will A Comcast & Time Warner Merger Mean Higher Prices For The Consumer?
Comcast and Time Warner's planned $44 billion merger may not bring much joy for their subscribers.The combined company would bring cable or…
Feb 14, 2014
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KTTV TV-11 Fox Los Angeles – Should Smartphones Be Required To Have A Kill Switch?
Consumer Watchdog's John M. Simpson discusses the implications of allowing carriers to disable your smart phone remotely. California state Senator Mark Leno…
Feb 10, 2014