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Santa Monica, CA – In a letter to California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, Consumer Watchdog said internal communications of Anthem Blue Cross…
Mar 19, 2010The question of where to house a proposed new consumer protection agency has garnered at least as much attention as whether there…
Mar 19, 2010Consumer Watchdog also asks California insurance chief Steve Poizner for public hearings on the healthcare firm's rate hike plan. Consumer Watchdog filed…
Mar 19, 2010The billionaire GOP candidate has vast holdings spread across hedge funds and venture capital groups. The investments may bind her in long-term…
Mar 18, 2010Lawmakers -- again -- are questioning the operations and culture of the state's stem cell program, which was created by voters nearly…
Mar 18, 2010“Anyone who has used car sharing (or for that matter rental cars) as their means of transportation would almost certainly not be…
Mar 18, 2010On top of that, the compromised agency's actions are subjected to a veto by a "systemic risk" council made up of the…
Mar 17, 2010Carmen Balber, Washington director for Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit education and advocacy group, also opposes some of the consumer provisions, but for…
Mar 16, 2010Californians should have no trouble figuring out how to vote on Proposition 17, the auto insurance measure. All they have to do…
Mar 16, 2010California voters are about to be bombarded by more than $50 million in political advertising designed to convince them to approve a…
Mar 16, 2010Critics see price-gouging as refinery capacity is cut; the industry says it's just business. Today's problem isn't so much high prices, which…
Mar 15, 2010A teachers union's effort to change wording in Prop. 14, which would allow open primaries, was largely rejected. Measures on car insurance…
Mar 13, 2010Consumer Watchdog argues Prop 17 also allows insurance companies to charge a severe penalty to customers who do not have a history…
Mar 12, 2010Workers at a Portland, Ore., steel mill soon will be able to pick a new type of insurance that offers free care…
Mar 11, 2010Despite the fact that the mobile advertising market is still young and fragmented, U.S. regulators apparently are concerned that Google's proposed acquisition…
Mar 11, 2010President Obama should include a provision freezing health insurance rates in the package of revisions Democrats are drafting for the Senate-passed health…
Mar 10, 2010The response to slumping gasoline use would likely mean higher prices for drivers. Consumer advocates want regulators to examine the firms' plans.…
Mar 10, 2010LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) ― State insurance regulators on Wednesday defended their actions against health insurers after a report showed few consumers…
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