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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A provision in both House and Senate healthcare legislation that would allow insurers to sell healthcare interstate is coming…
Dec 17, 2009Washington D.C. -- Key members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a warning to Senate and House leaders that the…
Dec 17, 2009The Senate health-care bill could enable insurers to avoid some of the strongest consumer protections and benefit requirements adopted by state governments,…
Dec 17, 2009Campaign for Consumer Rights Warns Soldiers, Seniors and other Californians Would Be Penalized For Having a Lapse in Insurance Coverage, Even If…
Dec 16, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The failure of the U.S. Senate to allow importation of prescription drugs to cut costs, much less the more…
Dec 16, 2009Consumer Watchdog Calls For Preserving State Authority, Ban on Annual Benefit Limits, & Effective Rate Regulation WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog…
Dec 15, 2009Not everyone, however, agrees with the raise - or the logic behind it. "At a time when California is in a severe…
Dec 14, 2009The state's stem cell institute this week tripled the salary of one of its vice chairmen, former state Democratic Party chief Art…
Dec 13, 2009"The governor is interested in saving taxpayer dollars any way he can, which is why he has always paid for his own…
Dec 12, 2009As the health-care reform debate boiled over this week, so did WellPoint's stock price. Shares of the Indianapolis-based health insurance giant surged…
Dec 11, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog applauded approval by the U.S. House of Representatives of its financial regulatory overhaul bill, H.R. 4173, including…
Dec 11, 2009Federal Consumer Protection Laws Could Preempt State Laws A standoff this week that threatened to stall House debate over sweeping financial regulatory…
Dec 11, 2009New Dems, Who Stalled Consideration of Bill Last Night, Raised $6.5 Million from Financial Sector This Year WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 34…
Dec 10, 2009Message demands that workers "confirm with your supervisor" that they will attend online meeting with top corporate lobbyist Washington, D.C. --…
Dec 10, 2009Former state Democratic Party head Art Torres got a $150,000 pay boost today for his work as co-vice chair of the California…
Dec 10, 2009UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurance carrier, is urging employees to tell supervisors if they will attend an online seminar on…
Dec 9, 2009For a graph of the nearly $2 billion California consumers saved between 2003 and 2010, click here. Below is a chart of…
Dec 8, 2009When a bill to increase penalties for selling methamphetamine came before an Assembly committee in April, no one voted against it. It…
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