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This My View was co-signed by Birny Birnbaum, executive director of the Center for Economic Justice; Douglas Heller, executive director of Consumer…
Jun 25, 2009Consumer groups have sent letters to Crist urging him to veto the measure. In addition, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has warned of…
Jun 22, 2009Consumer groups want rules requiring a standard disclosure and opt-in form, a ban on tracking information on a consumer's health, sexual orientation…
Jun 19, 2009Most of us don't sit around waiting to catch our health insurance company in the act of being evil. And 99.99% of…
Jun 19, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog called on Congress to ban any health insurance employee from receiving bonuses for canceling, delaying, or denying…
Jun 16, 2009Consumer Watchdog praised Google on Tuesday for agreeing to offer improved security for users of its online e-mail services like Gmail.
Jun 16, 2009Congress Should Not Let Insurers Continue to Cheat Consumers in Health Care Reform Washington D.C. -- Wittney Horton of Los Angeles, whose…
Jun 16, 2009SEIU head Andrew Stern dismisses the idea that the infighting is derailing labor's progress in Washington. It's a sign of union strength,…
Jun 15, 2009“Requiring Americans to buy insurance coverage from insurers who face no legal accountability will only lock them into the same problems plaguing…
Jun 12, 2009With Justice Department scrutiny over the Google Books Settlement only the the leading edge of antitrust regulators’ attention to Google, the company…
Jun 11, 2009SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Google continued to lay the groundwork Wednesday for an antitrust defense in the event that the federal government…
Jun 10, 2009The U.S. Department of Justice has stepped up its review of a deal that would settle a lawsuit publishers and authors filed…
Jun 10, 2009The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly investigating Google's digital books settlement with publishers, which Google claims will make millions of volumes accessible…
Jun 10, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The "Blue Dog Coalition," a group of 51 conservative and moderate House democrats who now oppose a strong public…
Jun 10, 2009When patients aren't truthful, misled doctors may give a wrong diagnosis or treatment. Patients can refuse to release the records, but if…
Jun 9, 2009In a recent letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Jerry Flanagan of the Santa Monica-based advocacy group Consumer Watchdog…
Jun 7, 2009Two consumer groups are seeking to throw a roadblock in front of President Obama's pending appointment of Google's top global public policy…
Jun 6, 2009Two consumer watchdogs - including the aptly-named Consumer Watchdog - have urged US President Barack Obama to avoid appointing Google's director of…
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