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These are very uncertain and contentious times in California. The state's economic and political turmoil has spawned a flood of potentially far-reaching…
Dec 4, 2009The sky is falling, said Chicken Little, and so say the health reform critics in the Senate. They are fearmongering relentlessly to…
Dec 4, 2009NEW YORK - A federal judge has rejected Amazon.com Inc's request that he withdraw preliminary approval of a settlement between Google Inc…
Dec 2, 2009I about fell over today when Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana declared himself concerned about 'threats' to women's breast care under the…
Dec 2, 2009Santa Monica, CA -- Opponents of health care reform charged repeatedly this week that the Senate health reform bill would increase individuals’…
Dec 2, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. --The U.S. House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee unanimously voted to approve a bill forming a federal insurance office, sending…
Dec 2, 2009Financial Reform Should Not Override State Protections, Says Consumer Watchdog Washington, D.C. --- Legislation to undermine state insurance protections, including laws…
Dec 2, 2009California Drivers Have Saved $62 Billion in 20 Years Under Similar Rules and Have Among Most Competitive Insurance Markets in Nation WASHINGTON,…
Dec 1, 2009I was about to fall asleep listening to opening statements today in the Senate debate on health reform--until Sen. John McCain of…
Nov 30, 2009Few doubt that Internet giant Google is succeeding in its audacious corporate mission "to organize the world's information and make it universally…
Nov 29, 2009Like some 47 million other Americans, Nancy Sowa (pictured) doesn't have health insurance. So when her doctors last year told her she…
Nov 28, 2009Google Inc.'s settlement with authors and publishers over the digital scanning of books got a preliminary approval from a federal judge last…
Nov 28, 2009The LA Times and Sacbee got this (formerly) confidential memo from McCain-Schwarzenegger guru Mike Murphy to California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner…
Nov 25, 2009Ok, we already know that United HealthCare, Anthem/Wellpont and other insurance conglomerates are using your health insurance premiums to "help" their employees…
Nov 25, 2009A handful of wealthy California gaming tribes - which together gave nearly $130 million to political causes in 2008 - rank as…
Nov 24, 2009Pre-emption of State Health Benefit Laws Is a Major Retreat; Insurance Rate Justification Shows Promise WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog released a…
Nov 23, 2009Sen. Max Baucus will be busy the next few weeks trying to steer a massive health care reform bill through Congress, but…
Nov 23, 2009With lawmakers close to passing a health care overhaul plan, the issue of regulating workplace benefits remains vital because the proposals preserve…
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