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Health insurance conglomerate Anthem Wellpoint recently tried to pawn off in Congress an internal analysis "proving" that health reform would raise health…
Nov 19, 2009Oh, this is rich... The Sacramento Bee reports that Arnold collected $250K last year to finance his political reform ballot measure, Prop…
Nov 18, 2009Imburgia, Mecca and Greiner v. DirecTv Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC 398295 UPDATE: Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Against DirecTv During...
Nov 18, 2009Faigman v. AT&T Mobility LLC U.S. District Court - Northern District of California Case3:06-cv-04622-MHP Suit Against Cingular (Now AT&T) for Providing Customers…
Nov 18, 2009Mercury General, a large auto insurer, wants to legalize premium discounts tolongtime customers and got a bill to that effect passed by…
Nov 18, 2009Remember Ernestine, Lily Tomlin's phone operator? Tomlin's now hilariously doing the same chop job on health insurance companies, on behalf of friends…
Nov 18, 2009California Department of Insurance Notice of Noncompliance v. Mercury Insurance Company No. NC-03027545 Consumer Watchdog Joins Insurance Commissioner's Complaint Against...
Nov 18, 2009
Donabedian v Mercury Insurance Company Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC249019 Court of Appeal: Donabedian v. Mercury Insurance Company (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th…
Nov 18, 2009Consumer Watchdog Sues California Department of Managed Health Care for Permitting HMOs to Deny Treatments to Autistic Children after Secret Meetings Between…
Nov 17, 2009“No United HealthCare employee would modify the lobbying letter to favor Medicare-for-All, or even a modest public option, knowing that his or…
Nov 17, 2009Physicians won't have to notify patients of every breach of privacy regarding their records, under a rule finalized by the Dept. of…
Nov 17, 2009The revised Google Books settlement agreement may quiet international opponents, but it still gives Google a monopoly on commercializing out-of-print books where…
Nov 16, 2009There are mixed reviews among the scientific community about whether CIRM's close watch of their grantees is a good thing. To some,…
Nov 16, 2009Opening the door for insurers to sell policies across state lines could allow health plans to avoid tougher requirements in places like…
Nov 16, 2009Finance Bill Expected To Preempt State Health Benefit Mandate Laws Such As HIV Testing, Reconstructive Surgery, Home Health Services WASHINGTON, D.C. --…
Nov 16, 2009Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley received a letter today from Attorney General Jerry Brown asking her to investigate covert recordings of…
Nov 16, 2009I don't think you'll be shocked by this news, but drug companies are jacking up their prices in advance of new laws…
Nov 16, 2009Top industry executives piled into Google's Silicon Valley headquarters over the weekend to hear California's Barbara Boxer, New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman and…
Nov 15, 2009