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Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica group that monitors insurance practices, has asked the court to order the Department of Managed Health Care…
Jul 1, 2009LOS ANGELES, CA -- California regulators are being challenged in court for siding with insurance companies, rather than patients, over some costly…
Jul 1, 2009"Point of the suit is simply -- it's doctors, not insurance company bureaucrats or politicians or government lawyers, that should decide what…
Jul 1, 2009Wednesday, the group Consumer Watchdog sued the California Department of Managed Health Care, alleging the agency and its director have allowed private…
Jul 1, 2009Santa Monica, CA -- The mother of an autistic child joined Consumer Watchdog and its attorneys today to announce a lawsuit against…
Jul 1, 2009Consumer Watchdog filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state agency that oversees HMOs, accusing it of violating state law by siding with…
Jul 1, 2009Congress is taking a holiday week off, heading home to wave flags and eat hot dogs. Some listening is in order, too.…
Jun 29, 2009Eyes are rolling, especially in reaction to the idea that Google is a relatively small player in a giant market. “They describe…
Jun 29, 2009Doug Heller, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica advocacy group, complained that Poizner's proposal would give insurance companies too much…
Jun 27, 2009John Simpson of the Santa Monica group Consumer Watchdog said many of the recommended changes could be implemented without delay. One example…
Jun 27, 2009"It's hard for me to comprehend why, when taxpayers are funding so much of the transition, and we're making specific choices about…
Jun 27, 2009To reduce potential conflicts of interest in the state's $3 billion stem cell research program, a government watchdog group called Friday for…
Jun 27, 2009California’s good-government agency approved a series of recommendations to reform the operation and governance of the state’s stem cell research funding organization.…
Jun 27, 2009Marie Csete will resign Aug. 1 as the chief scientific officer of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine after 15 months in…
Jun 26, 2009Key 'Little Hoover' Recommendations Follow Consumer Watchdog's Proposals Santa Monica, CA -- California’s good government agency, The Little Hoover Commission, today called…
Jun 26, 2009The chief scientific officer at California's stem-cell agency has announced that she will step down from her position in a little over…
Jun 26, 2009The big banks just launched a supposedly 'grass-roots' campaign to try and rehabilitate their image. Said Americans United for Change today: “What…
Jun 26, 2009Washington, D.C. -- Insurance policyholders whose legitimate insurance claims were low-balled, delayed or denied by their insurance companies testified before the D.C.…
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