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Only the vastly under-seen cartoonist Tom Tomorrow could mash up the public option, Joe Lieberman and Harry Reid, and make a tragicomedy…
Nov 3, 2009A spokesman for Attorney General Jerry Brown who admitted last week that he had secretly recorded telephone conversations with journalists, including a…
Nov 3, 2009Mercury Insurance is behind a measure to roll back part of the 1988 Proposition 103 and allow insurance rates based partly on…
Nov 3, 2009Firm's Data Show The Farther You live From Downtown Chicago, The Less Expensive Your Monthly Coverage. Judy Dugan, research director for Consumer…
Nov 2, 2009Ties To Insurance Company Questioned With the sudden announcement that San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom -- the rival to Attorney General Edmund…
Nov 1, 2009I can't believe this! Two days ago, I told you about how Attorney General Jerry Brown rewrote the official summary of a…
Oct 31, 2009SACRAMENTO, CA — Attorney General Jerry Brown is facing accusations that he cleared the way for a ballot measure summary that was…
Oct 30, 2009Consumer Watchdog sent the following letter to Congressional leaders today in response to a letter sent by the Governor on October 27,…
Oct 29, 2009Patient advocates have joined key lawmakers in urging HHS to reverse course on the harm standard and not let hospitals and other…
Oct 29, 2009LOS ANGELES, CA -- A lawsuit claiming the California Department of Managed Care improperly allowed health insurers to decline payment for autism…
Oct 28, 2009Our Attorney General is charged with telling the truth when he prepares the official title and summary for proposed ballot initiatives. Jerry…
Oct 28, 2009Altadena resident Mike Freas was twice rejected for health coverage by Anthem Blue Cross because of a preexisting condition, forcing him into…
Oct 28, 2009The second complaint against Nunez, filed by the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog, concerned his use of a small charity as a conduit…
Oct 28, 2009Google won the battle with Microsoft for the right to move Los Angeles' 30,000 municipal employees to its e-mail system, knocking out…
Oct 28, 2009Project Demands Close Monitoring To Guarantee Citizen’s Privacy Consumer Watchdog Says Los Angeles, CA -- The Los Angeles City Council voted today…
Oct 27, 2009A lawsuit alleging state regulators allow insurance companies to deny necessary but expensive treatment for autistic children in violation of state law…
Oct 27, 2009Santa Monica, CA — Mercury Insurance has begun its campaign to allow insurers to hike auto insurance rates for Californians who have…
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