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CONTRACT: Deal Could Save $5 Million, But Some Still Have Security Concerns Google trumped Microsoft and Novell on Tuesday, winning a $7.25…
Oct 27, 2009Questions about cost, security and reliability remain, but the council is expected to decide Tuesday. After concerns were raised about how Google…
Oct 27, 2009Refusing to cover a costly behavioral therapy because the care provider lacks a state license violates California law, a Los Angeles County…
Oct 27, 2009Mark Reback, spokesman for Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog, said while the bills appear to be calling for the regulation of the rent-to-own…
Oct 26, 2009SACRAMENTO, CA -- In his six years in office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has played the predictable Republican role of gatekeeper on legislation…
Oct 26, 2009"Billionaires for Wealthcare" sing their hearts out on behalf of the public option in healthcare reform, right in the middle of a…
Oct 23, 2009BOSTON, MA -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has proposed reforms that include expanding the authority of state insurance regulators by allowing review…
Oct 23, 2009Washington, D.C. -- A new consumer financial protection regulator was wounded but not crippled by a barrage of special interest lobbying and…
Oct 23, 2009The federal government is taking public comment on a rule regarding notification when electronic medical records are breached. The rule says consumers…
Oct 23, 2009Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy organization, has called on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to repeal the new health information breach…
Oct 22, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Critics of Google's deal with an authors' group to put millions of books online have asked for a delay…
Oct 22, 2009'Harm Standard' Violates Congressional Legislative Intent In Protecting Privacy WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog today called on the Health and Human Services…
Oct 22, 2009I spent all afternoon Monday waiting at the LA City Council Budget Committee to give the Council members my two minutes on…
Oct 22, 2009The biggest U.S. health insurance conglomerate, UnitedHealth Group, was basking today in a 13% profit increase, to more than $1 billion, even…
Oct 20, 2009Small Businesses Hit with Double-Digit Increases Demand State Help; Governor Seeks Insurer Rate Reviews Santa Monica, CA -- The announcement today by…
Oct 20, 2009The financial meltdown led some folks - including the president - to opine that the little guy has sure taken it in…
Oct 20, 2009OLDWICK, N.J. -- With virtually no limits on what they could charge in premiums, coupled with millions of new customers to gain,…
Oct 20, 2009Insurer- and Corporate-Demanded Clauses and Omissions Degrade Health Coverage, Block Insurer Accountability, Cut Employer Coverage Santa Monica, CA -- The leading health…
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