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The Campaign for Consumer Rights is hearing through its own sources that Mercury Insurance is poised to begin its ad campaign for…
Apr 1, 2010Google's April Fool joke this year - renaming its search site "Topeka" - was a self-congratulatory disappointment compared with some of the…
Apr 1, 2010Consumer Watchdog has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to obtain…
Apr 1, 2010White House Internet Policy Chief Andrew McLaughlin's "Buzz" Profile Showed Continued Ties To Internet Giant WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog filed a…
Apr 1, 2010Washington, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog said Massachusetts' rejection today of excessive and unreasonable health insurance rate increases shows the need for effective…
Apr 1, 2010Census Day - April 1 - got me thinking about the data the Census Bureau compiles about me. Google's partnership with the…
Apr 1, 2010Message to Investors Says Insurer Will Re-Label Overhead, Administrative Costs as “Medical Care” to Meet New Law’s Requirement to Cut Overhead Washington,…
Mar 31, 2010Even though discount drug cards are free, consumers still have to do some research before choosing a card, said John Simpson, consumer…
Mar 29, 2010Sometime soon, my refrigerator could be spying on my late night ice cream binges. Right now it’s just a large frost-free appliance…
Mar 26, 2010Advocates Say “Intentionally Dishonest” Is Par for the Course for Prop 17 Sponsor Mercury (Cross-posted from StopProp17.org, sponsored by Campaign for Consumer…
Mar 26, 2010How eight layoffs at the gavel-to-gavel channel threaten more than jobs Judy Dugan is research director for Consumer Watchdog, which fights for…
Mar 25, 2010Proposition 17 is up for a public airing at a joint hearing of the Assembly Insurance Committee and the Senate Banking, Finance…
Mar 24, 2010Conceived several years ago to save money, it has turned into a big money maker for the insurance business. Medicare Advantage offers…
Mar 24, 2010Assembly committee passes a bill requiring companies to justify increases. The measure faces an uncertain future in the full Legislature amid an…
Mar 24, 2010SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Health insurance plans in California would have to submit their rates for prior approval under legislation advanced by the…
Mar 24, 2010Jones/Feuer Legislation Addresses Blue Cross 39% Rate Increase, Would Require Insurers to Get "Prior Approval” Sacramento, CA – A crucially needed bill…
Mar 23, 2010Google's decision to stop filtering search results hailed as triumph for internet freedom and a boost to the people for China Consumer…
Mar 22, 2010Santa Monica, CA – In a letter to California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, Consumer Watchdog said internal communications of Anthem Blue Cross…
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