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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, 2010One of the nation's top banking regulators reiterated her support for an independent agency to protect borrowers from predatory lenders, putting her…
Mar 2, 2010The lawsuit seeks class action status and is being brought by Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based consumer advocacy group, on behalf of…
Mar 2, 2010A few sentences in a Wall Street Journal story Tuesday, on Blue Cross insurance increases, made my eyes pop. If you take…
Mar 2, 2010OAKLAND — A consumer group has sued Anthem Blue Cross for allegedly using its widely publicized rate hikes to attempt to force…
Mar 2, 2010Santa Monica, CA - Anthem Blue Cross, the California subsidiary of the nation’s largest health insurer, WellPoint Inc., has used enormous rate…
Mar 2, 2010Veteran political cartoonist Clay Bennett of Chattanooga has the solution...
Mar 2, 2010Washington, DC – A leaked proposal by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd to give consumer protection authority to the Federal Reserve…
Mar 2, 2010A consumer group filed a lawsuit Monday against Anthem Blue Cross, accusing the insurer of raising rates to force members into policies…
Mar 2, 2010In California, in addition to government scrutiny, WellPoint faces a plaintiff suit¿filed Monday in state court by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog¿that…
Mar 2, 2010Anthem Blue Cross accused of illegal premium hikes - Customers say they are forced into inferior plans LOS ANGELES, March 1 (Reuters)…
Mar 2, 2010LOS ANGELES, CA -- A consumer watchdog group filed a lawsuit Monday against California's largest for-profit health insurer on behalf of policyholders,…
Mar 2, 2010European Union officials are asking Google to improve privacy practices with its Street View service, ...
Mar 2, 2010President Lyndon Johnson faced hard choices in 1964: Preserve Democrats' majority in Congress, perhaps for decades. Or ram through landmark civil rights…
Mar 2, 2010I just got off the phone with Consumer Watchdog Boardmember Kathy Olsen, who is in Washington, D.C. today along with her family,…
Mar 1, 2010The Huffington Post just reported that a top Treasury Department official, whose job was to work with the House Financial Services Committee…
Mar 1, 2010Consumer Watchdog says Anthem violated the state's health and safety code when it closed policies to newcomers and offered remaining customers alternative…
Mar 1, 2010Insurer accused of manipulating policies, blocking access to care A Santa Monica-based consumer advocacy organization filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of…
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