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Blue Shield CEO Surrenders

The long time CEO of Blue Shield Bruce Bodaken resigned today after a multi-year battle with us over disclosure of his $4.6…

800,000 Signatures Submitted To Make Health Insurers Justify Their Rates

Fed up with the endless rate hikes health insurers in California impose on them, over 800,000 Californians signed the petition to put…

Consumer Watchdog Counters Google’s FOIA Objections in FCC Wi-Spy Probe

SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today countered Google’s objections to the Federal Communications Commission’s release of detailed documents about the Commission’s…

Sign Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace…Regulate Health Insurance Rates

Next week we will be turning in the signatures for our ballot petition to force health insurance companies to justify their rates…

The Marie Antoinette Of Health Insurance & How To Dethrone Her

Two years ago, as federal health reform lay on death’s door, CEO Angela Braly, head of Blue Cross’s parent company Wellpoint, spit…

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: The Preview Insurance Executives Don’t Want You To See.

One million Californians will be slammed today with health insurance rate hikes as high as 20%. Consumer Watchdog Campaign has a solution.…

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Consumer Advocates, Patients Deliver Blank Check to Health Insurers Representing the Hundreds Of Millions More Patients Will Pay for their Health Insurance Starting May 1

Consumer Watchdog Campaign: Anthem CEO Says Rate Regulation Initiative Not Necessary; 1 Million Californians With May 1 Rate Hikes Differ, Consumer Watchdog Campaign Says

Stand with the May Million to Stop Unjust Rate Hikes

In just one week, ONE MILLION Californians will have their health care rates unceremoniously hiked by up to 20%.  For many of…

Are you one of the May Million too?

My name is Laurel Kaufer and I’m a Consumer Watchdog member. I am also one of the one million Californians who will…

Aetna Announces Double-Digit Rate Hikes For California’s Small Businesses

Health insurance rates are going up. California's third largest health insurer, Aetna, has announced a new rate hike for many customers in…

More Health Insurance Rate Hikes in California

KABC-TV's Nannette Miranda breaks down the harsh realities of California residents who must face an endless stream of rate hikes for their…

Consumer group pushes health insurance regulation

KABC-LA: Have you noticed your health insurance premiums going up? in the last decade health insurance rates in California have gone up…

Big Questions Raised About Our Right To Privacy In The Digital Age

On January 24, 2012, Google announced it was changing its privacy policies. All 60 Google services will now be covered by a…

KGO-SF, ABC 7: Patients Challenge Health Insurers Through Ballot Initiative Process

KGO-SF, ABC 7: ABC 7's Michael Finney discusses how an effort to qualify a ballot initiative that would regulate health insurance rates…

Senator Feinstein Calls On Activists To Put Health Reform on CA Ballot

In a speech in San Diego, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein goes after health insurance companies for excessive increases in consumers' premiums, often…

Insurance Company Sued for Denying Elderly & Sick The Benefits They Paid For

Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP) is refusing to honor thousands of long-term care insurance policies it sold to Californians, leaving…

Uninsured Cancer Survivor Joins Initiative Launch to Regulate Health Insurance Rates

Susan Braig, a cancer survivor who is uninsured after her health insurance premiums rose too high, was one of the first to…