Energy
Consumers To Benefit As Credit Card Law Debuts
NEW YORK, NY -- U.S. consumers will see on Thursday the first signs of the biggest overhaul of the credit card industry…
Aug 19, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Mercury Insurance takes aim at California drivers
In the worst economy in generations, California's 3rd largest auto insurer hopes to fool voters into allowing higher auto premiums.
Aug 19, 2009
Insurance
Healthcare Reform Doesn’t Hinge On Public Insurance Plan
"The public plan was the last hope for keeping private insurers honest," said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica.…
Aug 19, 2009
Insurance
Google seeks spinmeisters
Internet giant Google is seeking communications personnel to get its story out to the world and counter what it calls negative press.…
Aug 19, 2009
Insurance
Calif. Auto Initiative Funded by Insurer, Called ‘Class Warfare’ by Foe
LOS ANGELES, CA -- A California ballot measure underwritten by Mercury General Corp. would allow insurers to raise or lower automobile insurance…
Aug 18, 2009Sen. Conrad’s Heath Insurance Co-Ops Won’t Provide Affordable Care And Could Be Used By The Insurance Industry Against Americans, Says Consumer Watchdog
Santa Monica, CA -- The health insurance purchasing co-ops proposed by Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and a number of Senate conservatives have…
Aug 18, 2009
Insurance
Consumer Group Criticizes Co-Op Proposal
Consumer Watchdog today issued a press release criticising Senator Kent Conrad's (D-ND) health insurance cooperative proposal. The consumer group claims that the…
Aug 18, 2009
Privacy
Court Weighs Literary Flap Of The Century
The Author's Guild has urged members to go along with a lawsuit settlement that would allow Google to digitize millions of books…
Aug 17, 2009
Insurance
Amid Health Debate, Cash Flows To Lawmakers
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On a recent Wednesday morning, 1,000 insurance brokers spread out across Capitol Hill with a singular mission: kill a…
Aug 16, 2009
Healthcare
The Uninsured: Free Clinic
MIKE VON FREMD (ABC NEWS): (Voiceover) This event was sponsored by Remote Access Medical, an organization started to serve third world countries.…
Aug 15, 2009Public Warning: Mercury Insurance Initiative To Raise Rates On Drivers Not At-Fault In Accidents Cleared for Signature Gathering
Mercury Launches Attack on Middle Class During Tough Economic Times Santa Monica, CA -- The California Attorney General has released the…
Aug 14, 2009
Healthcare
Oh, the irony
You may remember the Civil Justice Association of California from decades of attacks on consumer rights such as Proposition 64, the ballot…
Aug 14, 2009
Healthcare
‘Death panel’ lies claim a victim — Us and our families
The "death panel" has killed something, all right: a benefit that families need and want, namely the right to sit down with…
Aug 14, 2009
Privacy
L.A. Council committee signs off on Google email plan with caveats
The Los Angeles City Council's Information Technology and General Services (ITGS) Committee on Tuesday
Aug 13, 2009
Insurance
‘Deeply misleading’ polls on health insurance are fuel for the fear-and-anger campaign
"Liking" your health insurance policy is roughly the same as liking Bernie Madoff until you tried to withdraw your retirement savings. That's…
Aug 11, 2009
Privacy
Tough questions needed on Google email plan for L.A.
A Los Angeles City Council committee on Tuesday takes up a ...
Aug 11, 2009
Privacy
Twitter Breach Revives Cloud Security Fears
Some interest groups are urging Los Angeles to rethink its plan to implement Google Apps. Last month's breach of a hosted Google…
Aug 10, 2009
Insurance
What’s really driving health reform protests?
The light bulb went off in my head today reading NY Times columnist Paul Krugman's description of health reform protests--are these folks…
Aug 7, 2009