Healthcare
The Best Congress Money Can Buy
Health insurers and drug concerns have given a combined $26.2 million to members of Congress since 2006 according to a study released…
Nov 11, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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Articles by Consumer Watchdog
Privacy
Secrets Of Secret Jerry Brown Tapes Revealed
Consumer Watchdog, the public interest group engaged in a major beef with Attorney General Jerry Brown’s office, has posted transcripts of the…
Nov 11, 2009
Insurance
Blizzard of lies in Congress
As the old saying goes, you can fool some of the people all of the time. That appears to be the target…
Nov 11, 2009Secret Recordings Made By California AG Staff Available Online
Office Taped A Call About Handling of Mercury Insurance Initiative; AG Angry, Demeaning When Questioned By Reporters Santa Monica, CA — Consumer…
Nov 10, 2009
Privacy
Inside Jerry Brown’s brain, the illegal tapes
It's rare that you get to hear what's in the brain of a powerful politician because his phone conversations were taped. Listening…
Nov 10, 2009
Privacy
Brown Aide Recorded 6 Interviews
A spokesman for state Attorney General Jerry Brown secretly recorded six interviews with five journalists since April despite being told by department…
Nov 10, 2009
Privacy
Now’s Your Chance To Spy On Google
The Google Dashboard tool is also limited to information gathered on users when logged in to Google. It doesn’t give consumers access…
Nov 10, 2009
Insurance
California Moves Closer To Insurance By The Mile For Drivers
Watchdog Group Says New Rules Give Insurance Companies All The Power Two thirds of homes in the country would save about $270…
Nov 10, 2009
Privacy
Google Dashboard Provides Too Much Info And Yet Not Enough
Indeed, privacy advocates, such as John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, argued Google's gesture with Dashboard was just a straw man and that…
Nov 8, 2009
Healthcare
Looking Abroad For Health Savings
"The industry is poised to expand, and they are really going after insurance companies and employers," said Judy Dugan, research director and…
Nov 8, 2009
Insurance
The Debate Over Selling Insurance Across State Lines
A core feature of the health overhaul bill unveiled this week by House Republicans - and of GOP plans for years -…
Nov 6, 2009
Privacy
Poking At Google’s New Privacy Dashboard
... Dashboard doesn't really give users any clearer insights into what the company is doing with all of the data it collects.…
Nov 6, 2009Consumer Watchdog Hails House Cost-Control Plan To Regulate Health Insurance Rates, Urges Lawmakers To Combine It With Strong ‘Public Option’
Late Addition to House Health Reform Bill Should Adopt Key Details of Successful Insurance Regulation in California to Achieve Cost Controls, Says…
Nov 6, 2009
Privacy
Swine Flu vaccine for Wall Street, but not for kids, nurses, or Main Street?
The news that the New York offices of Citigroup got 1,200 doses of H1Ni flu vaccine, and Goldman Sachs got about 200,…
Nov 6, 2009
In The News
Tapegate and the Mercury initiative flip-flop
“Tapegate” – that’s how the news media is describing the scandal that arose last week after Attorney General Jerry Brown decided to…
Nov 5, 2009
Privacy
Google Releases Dashboard Privacy Tool
The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which has been critical of the amount of personal data Google stores, called the dashboard a small…
Nov 5, 2009
Privacy
Dashboard Shows What Google Knows About You
Critics Say Google Makes Some Privacy Progress, But Call For More Transparency Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy group formerly known as the…
Nov 5, 2009
Privacy
N.Y. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel
Chipmaker Used Bribes, Coercion To Get PC Makers To Shun Its Rivals, Cuomo Says The lawsuit was cheered by some consumer advocates,…
Nov 5, 2009