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Jerry Flanagan, a health-care analyst with Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group, said the tide of campaign contributions amounts to "a huge…
Jul 21, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Healthcare industry lobbyists have showered the Democratic U.S. senator leading reform efforts with $1.5 million in donations, records indicate.…
Jul 21, 2009Senator Max Baucus, A Leading Architect of Health Care Reform, Received More Industry Contributions Than Any Other Congressional Candidate WASHINGTON, DC --…
Jul 21, 2009JERRY FLANAGAN, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH CARE POLICY, CONSUMER WATCHDOG: You know, look, members of Congress are never going to admit they're influenced…
Jul 21, 2009Jerry Flanagan of with Consumer Watchdog said with the insurance companies, "What they've been doing is selling to everybody, then waiting until…
Jul 20, 2009San Francisco, CA -- A Bay Area man and his thirteen-year-old son urged California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to protect innocent patients…
Jul 20, 2009New security mandates from credit-card companies that gas stations and other retailers upgrade equipment to protect consumer information will prove costly to…
Jul 19, 2009Frustrated by an out-of-date email system that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's spokesman Matt Szabo calls "Pac-Man-era technology" the City of Los Angeles is…
Jul 18, 2009Group Urges California Assemblywoman Hayashi To Protect 2003 Anti-Steering Law Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog is urging Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi…
Jul 17, 2009I’m catching up on House health care hearings this morning (watching one live and one recorded keeps things interesting) and tuned in…
Jul 17, 2009We sent a letter of complaint Wednesday to the FPPC alerting them that the gov has improperly used funds from his California…
Jul 16, 2009Satellite TV Company Charges Unlawful "Early Cancellation" Fee, Consumer Advocates Contend Santa Monica, CA -- A class action lawsuit charging that…
Jul 15, 2009Massachusetts is dropping legal, green-carded immigrants from its subsidies for health insurance and will probably make it harder for poor citizens to…
Jul 15, 2009As lawmakers edge closer a budget deal, teachers' unions, business groups, and even the governor hit the airwaves with their demands. “Our…
Jul 14, 2009Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog approves of the prohibition on location data, but staff advocate Carmen Balber said it does not go nearly…
Jul 13, 2009Gasoline prices have dropped 15 cents in the past 20 days and are heading lower. But prices at the pump aren’t going…
Jul 10, 2009A group critical of Google's privacy practices got a jump on the search giant yesterday. Consumer Watchdog, which accuses Google of spying…
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