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Woman Left With $450K in Medical Bills Joins Call for President to Enforce New Consumer Protections Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog called…
Oct 8, 2010Consumer advocates are hoping that the commissioners or Sebelius will ultimately opt for a stricter interpretation, said Carmen Balber, Washington director of…
Oct 7, 2010We aired this video on a 520 sq. ft. Times Square Superscreen as part of our campaign to expose Koch Industries, the…
Oct 7, 2010Candidate Mike Villines Has Taken $66,950 From Insurance Companies Despite Pledge Not to Take Industry Cash Santa Monica, CA – Mercury Insurance…
Oct 6, 2010Jamie Interviewed On NBC LA Regarding His New Book "The Progressive's Guide To Raising Hell."
Oct 5, 2010Mortgage lenders and utility providers are charging customers as much as $20 to pay by phone. "People pay for a product or…
Oct 5, 2010The tea party is often characterized as a grass-roots movement. But some consumer advocates say the involvement of tea party activists in…
Oct 4, 2010Leno/Schwarzenegger Bill Uses Insurance Industry's Chosen Language For Evaluating Premium Hikes
Oct 1, 2010Whenever I think it can’t get any weirder in US politics and social progress, things always get weirder. Is it me? Am…
Sep 30, 2010We aired this video on a 520 sq. ft. Superscreen in Times Square when Google refused to debate us about our basic…
Sep 29, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog has placed a digital advertisement in Times Square calling Internet giant Google “chicken” for its failure…
Sep 29, 2010Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog asked President Obama to issue an Executive Order freezing health insurance premiums to protect consumers from unjustified…
Sep 29, 2010California'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, 2010Program Gives Lifeline In Tough Economy With No Taxpayer Cost Santa Monica, CA -- Governor Schwarzenegger has signed legislation, AB 1597 (authored…
Sep 27, 2010Google critic John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Inside Google project, praised the crackdown, saying, "There is entirely too much of…
Sep 27, 2010Jamie Court, who heads the California-based advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, says he's seen much worse. In California, he says, typically insurers would…
Sep 23, 2010It’s thedifference between the structure of Molina Healthcare and commercial health plans that has enabled Molina to make such statements about his…
Sep 23, 2010NEW YORK — A California consumer-advocacy group is hoping to rally the left before the November election with an ad on a…
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