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Today's LA Times has prominently featured the story of Dana Christensen, a Consumer Watchdog hero, in an article documenting a new lawsuit…
Oct 21, 2010Watchdogs Call For Rate Freeze by President Until Pricing Rules Take Effect WASHINGTON, DC -- State insurance commissioners sent rules to…
Oct 21, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA — Google increased its spending on lobbying 11 percent over the previous year to $1.2 million in the third…
Oct 21, 2010While Thursday morning's final vote on the medical loss ratio is getting all the attention, state insurance commissioners meeting in Orlando, Fla.,…
Oct 21, 2010Insurance officials defy industry pushback, finalize key part of healthcare law
Oct 21, 2010State Insurance Commissioners to Vote Thursday, Send Recommendations to HHS Washington, DC – As the insurance industry lobbies state insurance commissioners in…
Oct 20, 2010SACRAMENTO, CA — The insurance industry has nearly doubled its contributions in support of the Republican candidate for state insurance commissioner in…
Oct 20, 2010The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is scheduled to vote Thursday on regulations governing the law's medical-loss ratio, which requires insurers to…
Oct 20, 2010CW's friend Wendell Potter, a flat-out expert on how health insurance companies behave and how their lobby infiltrates government, has a report…
Oct 19, 2010Google violated Canadian privacy laws when its Street View cars gathered data from private wireless networks, Canada's privacy commissioner said on Tuesday....
Oct 19, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- The Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s announcement today that Google’s Wi-Spying with its Street View cars broke the law demonstrates…
Oct 19, 2010In years past, a profit result like United HealthCare's 26% increase in the third quarter would spike the stock price. Not so…
Oct 19, 2010$2.655 Million To Date To Sacramento Political Committee That Doesn't Disclose Industry Funding In Ads Supporting Villines, Attacking Jones
Oct 19, 2010The following op-ed commentary was published in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Obama should forbid premium hikes until…
Oct 19, 2010The CEA said users need to more aware of what they reveal online Companies that want to make use of the…
Oct 19, 2010Consumer Group Calls On Pension Funds to Divest From Prop 23 Backers Tesoro, Valero
Oct 18, 2010Academy Award-winning director James Cameron – whose movies have featured Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger – on Friday pledged $1 million to oppose Proposition…
Oct 16, 2010The insurance industry has given more than $1.5 million in indirect contributions to support the Republican candidate for state insurance commissioner, raising…
Oct 16, 2010