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Massachusetts, where all citizens must prove they have health insurance or pay a $1,000 average fine, continues to scale back health coverage…
Jun 24, 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, 2009In a stunning show of fealty to insurance giant Safeco, 25 Republican lawmakers have asked the California Supreme Court to overturn an…
Jun 17, 2009Yeah, I know that some things are now shunned in the consumer end of the health reform debate: Don't mention Canada because…
Jun 17, 2009The administration releases its financial reform plan in just a few minutes (download it here.) The devil will, of course, be in…
Jun 17, 2009Democrats in Congress who want strong reform should strive for a repeat of yesterday's fireworks. It's time to put the health insurance…
Jun 17, 2009It’s time the financial industry stopped calling the shots in Washington. That’s why Consumer Watchdog has joined a broad coalition of reformers…
Jun 16, 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, 2009Is evil a pre-existing condition?
Jun 15, 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, 2009Bob Klein, chairman of California's stem cell agency oversight board, plans to step down at the end of his six-year term in…
Jun 12, 2009Blogger and multimedia guy Bob Cesca doesn't pull his punches when he talks about how much he hates health insurance companies, especially…
Jun 11, 2009The 50 or so moderate/conservative House Democrats called Blue Dogs announced last week that they all support the health insurance industry's proposal…
Jun 11, 2009