$1.65 Million to Congress from Top 3 Consumer Reporting Agencies Since 2002
The Big Three consumer credit reporting agencies, Experian, EquiFax and TransUnion, gave $1.65 million in campaign contributions to members of Congress since…
Oct 12, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Low-Income Auto Insurance Bill Vetoed
Efforts to extend a state-backed auto insurance program for low-income Californians failed after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have kept it going…
Oct 12, 2009
Insurance
Gov Signs, Vetoes Consumer Protection Bills
A bill that would have extended a low cost auto-insurance program in California another three years has been vetoed by the Governor.…
Oct 12, 2009
Privacy
Genentech Chairman Resigns From Google Board
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Genentech chairman Arthur Levinson has resigned from the board of directors of Google amid a probe by US authorities…
Oct 12, 2009Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bi-Partisan Bill to Extend Low-Cost Auto Insurance Program for Low Income Californians
Despite unanimous support from the State Assembly, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation that would have extended California’s Low Cost Auto Insurance program…
Oct 12, 2009
Privacy
Banks May Reduce High Overdraft Charges
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The charges for overdrawing on your checking account have almost tripled in the past decade. But consumer complaints…
Oct 9, 2009
Privacy
What Incentive Do Insurers Have to Cover Us When We Can’t Sue Them If They Don’t?
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, 2009Flipped the Bird: You Can Sue; Health Insurer Kills a Loved One: You’re Out of Luck — Consumer Watchdog Calls On Congress To Close Loophole With “Nataline’s Law”
Consumer Watchdog joined with the parents of a 17 year-old who died after her health insurer, CIGNA, denied a liver transplant to…
Oct 8, 2009
Insurance
Couple Battle To Make Insurers Liable For Coverage Decisions
Their 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, 2009
Healthcare
Patient Sues Anthem Blue Cross Over Liver Transplant
Fearing for his life, Ephram Nehme paid for his own surgery in Indiana, where wait times for organ transplants are far shorter…
Oct 7, 2009National Health Care Reformers Should Pay Attention to Lawsuit Alleging that Nation’s Largest Insurer Routinely Denies Liver Transplants
Santa Monica, CA -- A trial beginning next week targeting the nation's largest health insurer and its California subsidiary for allegedly automatically…
Oct 7, 2009
Insurance
Why is Washington DC afraid of premium regulation?
The head of the American health insurance lobby Karen Ignani is urging Congress to increase tax penalties under the mandatory health insurance…
Oct 7, 2009Insurance Deregulation Is Not Financial Reform, Says Consumer Watchdog
Proposal Would Allow Treasury to Preempt State Capital Rules That Kept Insurance Policyholders Safe While Other Financial Firms Crashed Washington, D.C. --…
Oct 6, 2009
Insurance
WellPoint Cuts Workers’ Health Insurance Benefits
WellPoint health insurance company, which has encouraged its employees to lobby against health care reform, is now cutting their benefits. The insurance…
Oct 5, 2009
Insurance
The Missing Health Care Debate
I’ve been observing the health “reform” saga on two levels. One is the spectacle of the insurance industry having its way with…
Oct 5, 2009
Insurance
Californians: Urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to extend innovative Low-Cost Auto Insurance Program (UPDATE)
Please 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, 2009
Privacy
Assemblyman’s Campaign Fund Followed On Unusual Journeys — Anderson Donations Raising Questions
Assemblyman Joel Anderson has engaged in a series of curious campaign financial transactions as he prepares to make an expected bid for…
Oct 1, 2009National Consumer Groups Announce New Ads Asking Congress to Oppose Medical Malpractice Limits in Health Reform
WASHINGTON, 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, 2009