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Our Times Sq. Ad: ‘Meet Koch Industries’
We aired this video on a 520 sq. ft. Times Square Superscreen as part of our campaign to expose Koch Industries, the…
Oct 7, 2010Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance Companies Try to Buy Insurance Commissioner Election with $315,000 Against Jones and $66,950 to Villines
Candidate Mike Villines Has Taken $66,950 From Insurance Companies Despite Pledge Not to Take Industry Cash Santa Monica, CA – Mercury Insurance…
Oct 6, 2010
Video
Jamie Interviewed On NBC LA Regarding His New Book
Jamie Interviewed On NBC LA Regarding His New Book "The Progressive's Guide To Raising Hell."
Oct 5, 2010
Insurance
Getting the benefits health reform promised
70 million Americans who get health insurance through their employer cannot take their insurance company to court when the insurer doesn't provide…
Oct 5, 2010
Energy
A Fee To Pay Your Bill? Yep
Mortgage lenders and utility providers are charging customers as much as $20 to pay by phone. "People pay for a product or…
Oct 5, 2010
Energy
California Tea Party Activists Work to Pass Proposition 23
The tea party is often characterized as a grass-roots movement. But some consumer advocates say the involvement of tea party activists in…
Oct 4, 2010
Healthcare Litigation
Schwarzenegger veto harms kids with Autism
Californians, including those stricken by autism, and their parents and caregivers, expect regulators to enforce the law, not to side with insurance…
Oct 4, 2010Governor Signs Sen. Leno Bill Giving Health Insurers Carte Blanche to Raise Rates In California
Leno/Schwarzenegger Bill Uses Insurance Industry's Chosen Language For Evaluating Premium Hikes
Oct 1, 2010
Privacy
‘Raising Hell’ – Consumer Watchdog Puts the Bite on Plans to Price People Off the Internet
Whenever I think it can’t get any weirder in US politics and social progress, things always get weirder. Is it me? Am…
Sep 30, 2010
Video
Back to Times Sq. for Round 2 with Google: ‘Google Equals Chicken’
We aired this video on a 520 sq. ft. Superscreen in Times Square when Google refused to debate us about our basic…
Sep 29, 2010New Times Square Ad Targets Google for Failure to Debate Privacy
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog has placed a digital advertisement in Times Square calling Internet giant Google “chicken” for its failure…
Sep 29, 2010
Insurance
Time for Obama to get tough on insurers with rate freeze via Executive Order
Obama's mad about insurers blaming his health care plan for big rate hikes, but he doesn't have to take it anymore. He…
Sep 29, 2010President Obama Should Issue An Executive Order Freezing Health Insurance Premium Increases Until Insurers Justify Unreasonable Increases As Required By Health Reform
Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog asked President Obama to issue an Executive Order freezing health insurance premiums to protect consumers from unjustified…
Sep 29, 2010
Energy
Oil Watchdog: BP Safety Chief: Big talk, but what else?
BP executives can’t seriously believe that this time they’ll get safety right. The company’s penny-pinching “safety be damned” culture is too entrenched…
Sep 29, 2010
Privacy
Google continues buying binge, maintains image as innovator
Internet giant Google is leading led the tech sector in acquisitions this year, buying almost twice the number of companies as second…
Sep 28, 2010
In The News
The Beverly Hills Tea Party?
If you think the Tea Party represents real people who are mad as hell about real issues, you might want to know…
Sep 28, 2010
Insurance
Sebelius throws anti-regulation spin back at her accusers. Good for her.
The level of straight talk in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by HHS chief Kathleen Sebelius is breathtaking. Bottom line: Do…
Sep 28, 2010
Video
California’s Low Income Discount Insurance Program Extended
California's Low-Cost Auto Insurance Program has been extended for five years! We sponsored the 1999 legislation that created the program, and this…
Sep 28, 2010