Privacy
Google Identifies Competitors
Google sees an Internet far more crowded with competitors than just a year ago. At least, that's what the company is telling…
Mar 9, 2010Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Auto Insurer Revs Measure’s Motor
Opponents, including Doug Heller, who works with Proposition 103 author Harvey Rosenfield at Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog, said the real aim of…
Mar 9, 2010Revisions to Health Care Reform Must Include Rate Freeze, Rate Regulation and States’ Rights Provisions, Says Consumer Watchdog
Insurers Would Get Tens of Millions of New Customers Under Reform, and Owe Americans a Break from Audacious Rate Spikes By Anthem…
Mar 8, 2010
Insurance
Lawsuits Over California Ballot Question to Be Heard Together
A judge will hear testimony on three related cases surrounding ballot language for Proposition 17, which backers say will allow discounts for…
Mar 8, 2010
Insurance
Anthem’s Rate Hikes To Add To Burdens Of Jobless
There have been demands for explanations from state and federal lawmakers as well as the White House. Documents of financial records have…
Mar 6, 2010
Privacy
Candidates Find Incumbent Advantage Extends To Web
Thirteen years in the House and a stint as majority leader have furnished Rep.Roy Blunt, R-Mo., with useful GOP and K Street…
Mar 4, 2010
Insurance
Consumer Group Sues Anthem Blue Cross Over Rate Hike
A consumer group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross of California, alleging the company's strategy in deploying an average…
Mar 3, 2010
Privacy
Senate Panel Mulls Consumer Protection Deal
The Senate might break its impasse on financial overhaul if it moves forward with a proposal that would put a consumer financial…
Mar 3, 2010
Insurance
More Bad News For Anthem
The company used controversial rate hikes, as high as 39 percent, to force older and sicker customers into high-deductible plans with fewer…
Mar 3, 2010
Insurance
Insurance Rate Hikes Fan Political Firestorm
On Monday, Consumer Watchdog filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status against Anthem Blue Cross, alleging that the insurer is forcing subscribers into…
Mar 3, 2010
Insurance
Marin Family Sues Anthem Blue Cross
The Santa Monica-based advocacy group Consumer Watchdog brought the suit, saying Anthem violated a 1993 state law that requires health insurance companies…
Mar 3, 2010
Insurance
Consumer Group Sues Calif. Health Insurer
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- A consumer watchdog group filed a lawsuit Monday against California's largest for-profit health insurer on behalf of…
Mar 2, 2010
Insurance
FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair Committed To Independent Consumer Agency
One of the nation's top banking regulators reiterated her support for an independent agency to protect borrowers from predatory lenders, putting her…
Mar 2, 2010
Insurance
Santa Venetia Woman Joins Suit Against Anthem Blue Cross
The lawsuit seeks class action status and is being brought by Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based consumer advocacy group, on behalf of…
Mar 2, 2010
Insurance
Consumer Group, Burlingame Attorney Sue Anthem Blue Cross Over Rate Hikes
OAKLAND — A consumer group has sued Anthem Blue Cross for allegedly using its widely publicized rate hikes to attempt to force…
Mar 2, 2010Anthem Blue Cross Sued for Hiking Premiums In Order To Push Policyholders into Bare Bones Coverage
Santa Monica, CA - Anthem Blue Cross, the California subsidiary of the nation’s largest health insurer, WellPoint Inc., has used enormous rate…
Mar 2, 2010Dodd Proposal to Give The Federal Reserve Consumer Protection Authority Would Create An Industry Lapdog, Not A Public Watchdog
Washington, DC – A leaked proposal by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd to give consumer protection authority to the Federal Reserve…
Mar 2, 2010
Insurance
Anthem Blue Cross Sued Over Rate Increases
A consumer group filed a lawsuit Monday against Anthem Blue Cross, accusing the insurer of raising rates to force members into policies…
Mar 2, 2010