Groups to Congress: Don’t Sacrifice Patient Safety to Lower Health Costs
Health Reform Should Reduce Medical Errors, Not Immunize Negligent Providers for Mistakes that Maim and Kill Innocent Patients Washington, D.C. –-…
Jun 26, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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Consumer Watchdog To Obama: No “Cash For Clunkers” Without Compensation For GM Victims
Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog called upon President Obama to prioritize the purchase of an insurance policy for victims of defective GM…
Jun 26, 2009
Privacy
Reaction To CIRM Science Boss Resignation
The resignation of the top science officer at California's stem cell research funding agency, some say, is exposing deeper management problems at…
Jun 25, 2009
Insurance
My View: HB 1171 Is Simply A Gift To Insurers
This My View was co-signed by Birny Birnbaum, executive director of the Center for Economic Justice; Douglas Heller, executive director of Consumer…
Jun 25, 2009
Privacy
Stem cell agency’s chief science officer quits
Dr. Marie Csete has resigned as chief science officer at California's stem cell agency effective Aug. 1 after a little more than…
Jun 24, 2009
Insurance
CIGNA exec puts wind in health care reform sails
Nebraska's Democratic United States Senator Ben Nelson is one of the holdouts on national health care reform. He had a hard time…
Jun 24, 2009
Insurance
More red flags flying on Mass. health care plan
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, 2009
Insurance
State Farm Florida: We Will Re-Examine Departure if ‘Consumer Choice’ Bill Signed
Consumer groups have sent letters to Crist urging him to veto the measure. In addition, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has warned of…
Jun 22, 2009
Privacy
Hill Mulls Online Privacy Rules — And Which Agency Would Oversee
Consumer 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, 2009
Healthcare
DC Dispatch: Health insurance cancellations
Most 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, 2009
Insurance
25 Cal Republican Lawmakers Urge Supreme Court to Help Safeco Insurance
In a stunning show of fealty to insurance giant Safeco, 25 Republican lawmakers have asked the California Supreme Court to overturn an…
Jun 17, 2009
Healthcare
Let’s break a couple of rules
Yeah, I know that some things are now shunned in the consumer end of the health reform debate: Don't mention Canada because…
Jun 17, 2009
Privacy
DC Dispatch: Reining in mortgage, bank account and credit card abuses
The administration releases its financial reform plan in just a few minutes (download it here.) The devil will, of course, be in…
Jun 17, 2009
Healthcare
HMO execs’ ‘Seven Dwarfs’ moment
Democrats 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, 2009
Privacy
DC Dispatch: Busting the banks – a real voice for reform
It’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, 2009Largest U.S. Health Insurer Rewarded Employees That Cancelled Coverage Of Sick Patients — Consumer Watchdog Calls On Congress To Ban Bonuses For Canceling, Delaying Or Denying Medical Care
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog called on Congress to ban any health insurance employee from receiving bonuses for canceling, delaying, or denying…
Jun 16, 2009
Privacy
Google Praised For Agreeing To Improve E-mail Security
Consumer Watchdog praised Google on Tuesday for agreeing to offer improved security for users of its online e-mail services like Gmail.
Jun 16, 2009Woman Whose Health Insurance Was Cancelled by Blue Cross/WellPoint After She Got Sick Urges Congress to Protect Innocent Patients
Congress Should Not Let Insurers Continue to Cheat Consumers in Health Care Reform Washington D.C. -- Wittney Horton of Los Angeles, whose…
Jun 16, 2009