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State 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, 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, 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, 2010Few statewide political jobs in California are more important – or more poorly understood – than that of state Insurance Commissioner. The…
Oct 14, 2010With less than three weeks until election day, the leaders of three major consumer organizations have endorsed Jones. Harvey Rosenfield, author of…
Oct 14, 2010$1.2 Million In Insurance Industry Donations In Past Two Weeks to Chamber PAC Running Ads Against Dave Jones Santa Monica, CA –…
Oct 13, 2010New York, NY -- A national consumer group is running a 30 second commercial on a Times Square Superscreen that challenges Koch…
Oct 13, 2010Now that health care reform has begun its incremental changes to how health insurers can operate, some companies are demanding waivers exempting…
Oct 12, 2010Top Prop 23 Funder Doesn’t Want Greentech Competition To Get in Way of Profiteering
Oct 12, 2010"MEGA’s bid to evade the law is a litmus test for President Obama," Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court said in a statement.…
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