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Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to key congressional leaders urging them to undo the ERISA ruling, and president Jamie Court…
Oct 8, 2009Consumer Watchdog joined with the parents of a 17 year-old who died after her health insurer, CIGNA, denied a liver transplant to…
Oct 8, 2009Their wrongful-death suit against Cigna over the loss of their 17-year-old daughter was blocked. Now they aim to bring change. With Congress…
Oct 7, 2009Fearing for his life, Ephram Nehme paid for his own surgery in Indiana, where wait times for organ transplants are far shorter…
Oct 7, 2009Santa Monica, CA -- A trial beginning next week targeting the nation's largest health insurer and its California subsidiary for allegedly automatically…
Oct 7, 2009The head of the American health insurance lobby Karen Ignani is urging Congress to increase tax penalties under the mandatory health insurance…
Oct 7, 2009Proposal Would Allow Treasury to Preempt State Capital Rules That Kept Insurance Policyholders Safe While Other Financial Firms Crashed Washington, D.C. --…
Oct 6, 2009WellPoint health insurance company, which has encouraged its employees to lobby against health care reform, is now cutting their benefits. The insurance…
Oct 5, 2009I’ve been observing the health “reform” saga on two levels. One is the spectacle of the insurance industry having its way with…
Oct 5, 2009Please contact Governor Schwarzenegger and urge him to sign AB 725 (Jones), which would extend California's Low-Cost Automobile Insurance Program through 2015.…
Oct 1, 2009Assemblyman Joel Anderson has engaged in a series of curious campaign financial transactions as he prepares to make an expected bid for…
Oct 1, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Seven national consumer and health organizations announced today they have placed ads in opinion-leading Washington D.C. publications declaring strong…
Oct 1, 2009Consumer Watchdog joined six other national consumer and patient safety groups to pubish an open letter ad to Congress today opposing any…
Oct 1, 2009Backer of Google Critic Supports Research Showing Users Don't Want Tailored Ads SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Roughly two-thirds of Americans oppose being…
Sep 30, 2009Amendments Could Strip Proposed Agency’s Authority to Investigate Penalties on Credit Card Users Based on Where They Shop Washington, D.C. --…
Sep 30, 2009Studies of Tough Regs in California Show Strong Benefit for Both Consumers and Casualty Insurers in Stable Market Santa Monica, CA…
Sep 30, 2009You may have seen the reports today about Kevin Johnson, whose credit card company lowered his credit line by $6,200 based in…
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