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Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to key congressional leaders urging them to undo the ERISA ruling, and president Jamie Court…
Oct 8, 2009Consumer Watchdog joined with the parents of a 17 year-old who died after her health insurer, CIGNA, denied a liver transplant to…
Oct 8, 2009Their wrongful-death suit against Cigna over the loss of their 17-year-old daughter was blocked. Now they aim to bring change. With Congress…
Oct 7, 2009Fearing for his life, Ephram Nehme paid for his own surgery in Indiana, where wait times for organ transplants are far shorter…
Oct 7, 2009Santa Monica, CA -- A trial beginning next week targeting the nation's largest health insurer and its California subsidiary for allegedly automatically…
Oct 7, 2009Proposal Would Allow Treasury to Preempt State Capital Rules That Kept Insurance Policyholders Safe While Other Financial Firms Crashed Washington, D.C. --…
Oct 6, 2009WellPoint health insurance company, which has encouraged its employees to lobby against health care reform, is now cutting their benefits. The insurance…
Oct 5, 2009I’ve been observing the health “reform” saga on two levels. One is the spectacle of the insurance industry having its way with…
Oct 5, 2009Assemblyman Joel Anderson has engaged in a series of curious campaign financial transactions as he prepares to make an expected bid for…
Oct 1, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Seven national consumer and health organizations announced today they have placed ads in opinion-leading Washington D.C. publications declaring strong…
Oct 1, 2009Backer of Google Critic Supports Research Showing Users Don't Want Tailored Ads SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Roughly two-thirds of Americans oppose being…
Sep 30, 2009Amendments Could Strip Proposed Agency’s Authority to Investigate Penalties on Credit Card Users Based on Where They Shop Washington, D.C. --…
Sep 30, 2009Studies of Tough Regs in California Show Strong Benefit for Both Consumers and Casualty Insurers in Stable Market Santa Monica, CA…
Sep 30, 2009WOMEN'S POLICY COSTS, COVERAGE WOULD BE AFFECTED Without clear standards, the law in California isn't strong enough to halt the practice of…
Sep 28, 2009$125 Million Pact 'Raises Significant Issues' "Clearly, voices such as ours had an impact on Judge Chin," says John Simpson, of the…
Sep 25, 2009A New York judge has put Google's vision of creating the world's biggest digital library on hold. Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo have…
Sep 25, 2009Californians usually pay more for gasoline than do other Americans. But not this much more. A gallon of regular now costs, on…
Sep 24, 2009The healthcare bills in Congress do not call for limits on prices, raising fears that costs will continue to grow. WASHINGTON, D.C.…
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