Consumer Watchdog

Just Say No – To Signature Gatherers

Mercury Insurance is behind a measure to roll back part of the 1988 Proposition 103 and allow insurance rates based partly on…

Health-Care Insurance Cheaper In The Suburbs

Firm's Data Show The Farther You live From Downtown Chicago, The Less Expensive Your Monthly Coverage. Judy Dugan, research director for Consumer…

California Consumer Advocate Slams Brown Over Taping Of Phone Calls

Ties To Insurance Company Questioned With the sudden announcement that San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom -- the rival to Attorney General Edmund…

For Those Denied Insurance Because Of Pre-existing Conditions, Health Reform Would Bring Major Change

Brown Under Fire For ‘Gift’ To Mercury Insurance

SACRAMENTO, CA — Attorney General Jerry Brown is facing accusations that he cleared the way for a ballot measure summary that was…

Consumer Watchdog Responds to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Incorrect Claims About the Impact of Medical Malpractice Caps

Consumer Watchdog sent the following letter to Congressional leaders today in response to a letter sent by the Governor on October 27,…

Privacy Advocates Slam Harm Standard In Breach Notification Rule

Patient advocates have joined key lawmakers in urging HHS to reverse course on the harm standard and not let hospitals and other…

Court Advances Autism-Treatment Lawsuit Against California Regulator

LOS ANGELES, CA -- A lawsuit claiming the California Department of Managed Care improperly allowed health insurers to decline payment for autism…

Health Insurer Denies Coverage, Then Profits From Same Patient

Altadena resident Mike Freas was twice rejected for health coverage by Anthem Blue Cross because of a preexisting condition, forcing him into…

Ethics Board Clears Nunez

The second complaint against Nunez, filed by the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog, concerned his use of a small charity as a conduit…

Google Beats Microsoft in the E-Mail Battle of Los Angeles

Google won the battle with Microsoft for the right to move Los Angeles' 30,000 municipal employees to its e-mail system, knocking out…

LA Council Insists On Added Security Breach Penalty As It Oks Move To Google’s ‘Cloud’

Project Demands Close Monitoring To Guarantee Citizen’s Privacy Consumer Watchdog Says Los Angeles, CA -- The Los Angeles City Council voted today…

Suit Challenges State’s Autism Practices

A lawsuit alleging state regulators allow insurance companies to deny necessary but expensive treatment for autistic children in violation of state law…

Mercury Insurance Initiative Will Raise Auto Insurance Rates On Struggling Families

Santa Monica, CA — Mercury Insurance has begun its campaign to allow insurers to hike auto insurance rates for Californians who have…

More Details On Federal Insurance Office Legislation

"We are at a loss to understand why you have proposed a measure to deregulate the insurance industry by preempting state laws…

Autism Treatment Claims Dispute Can Go To Trial

A lawsuit seeking health care coverage for the use of applied behavioral analysis in the treatment of autism has been cleared for…

Overriding State Insurance Protections Should Not Be Part of Financial Re-Regulation Package, Writes Consumer Watchdog to Geithner, Frank

Washington, D.C. --- Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Geithner, House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank, and Financial Services…

Judge To Schwarzenegger Administration: Autism Denials Illegal

Santa Monica, CA – A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued a ruling finding that the Schwarzenegger Administration has illegally sided…