Insurance
Co-Opting Public Plans
Consumer Watchdog calls the co-ops "pseudo-reform" that could do far more harm than good if they create loopholes that could gut state…
Aug 20, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
New Credit Card Rules Start Thursday
A recent survey of more than 400 credit cards found rates have gone up an average of two percent since last December.…
Aug 20, 2009
Insurance
Will Your Health Plan Fully Cover You?
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (KABC) -- You may have health insurance, but it may not cover your when you really need it. …
Aug 20, 2009
Healthcare
More About Health Co-Ops
Q: What is the biggest drawback of cooperatives? A: Critics of health insurance cooperatives point out that many are too small and…
Aug 20, 2009
Privacy
Consumer Watchdog thwarts proposed stem cell regulation loophole
Proposed changes in the California stem cell agency's regulations that would have created loopholes...
Aug 20, 2009
Healthcare
Words to remember on “Socialized Medicine”
Here's a memorable statement against U.S. health care reform: "Behind it will come other Federal programs that will invade every area of…
Aug 19, 2009
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, 2009
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