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Savings Promised, But Everyone Would Have To Buy Policy The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog said the insurance industry's proposal would simply "encourage…
Dec 3, 2008Obama should block any effort to override coverage of services mandated by state legislatures, such as preventive screenings and newborn care, and…
Dec 3, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- The nationally recognized Consumer Watchdog urged President-elect Obama to oppose the health insurance industry's self-serving plan detailed today…
Dec 3, 2008The California-based consumer group ConsumerWatchdog.org has a plan for the nation's health care system. The organization has written to President-elect Barack Obama,…
Dec 2, 2008Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez has taken a lucrative seat on the board of directors for a workers' compensation insurer after helping…
Dec 2, 2008Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez will take a seat on the board of one the state's largest workers comp insurers, Zenith National.…
Dec 2, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- The nationally recognized Consumer Watchdog sent a letter today to President-elect Obama urging him to fulfill his campaign…
Dec 2, 2008Douglas Heller, executive director of ConsumerWatchdog.org, suggests that the business press is beginning to pick up some of the slack created by…
Dec 1, 2008LAME-DUCK LAWMAKER PARTIES, FUNDS WINERY JAUNT, JETS TO HAWAII "I think this shows that all too often, candidates think of their campaign…
Nov 30, 2008The long tradition of political appointees landing high-paid slots on California's waste board continued Tuesday. Government watchdogs have criticized the board for…
Nov 26, 2008Questions raised about governance of state institute SACRAMENTO, CA -- State voters will probably get a chance to extend taxpayer funding of…
Nov 21, 2008"We decided decades ago that basing insurance rates on race, even though that's actuarially sound, was not good public policy, and I…
Nov 21, 2008Advocates, Consumer Watchdog, released the news about the rate hikes after the group had challenged them unsuccessfully. Consumer Watchdog petitioned Poizner to…
Nov 21, 2008Insurance Commissioner OKs State Farm, Farmers Increases Despite Consumer Group Challenge Santa Monica, CA -- California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has allowed…
Nov 21, 2008Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's decision is denounced by some, but others say recent wildfires make increases reasonable. "In an economy like this,…
Nov 21, 2008Recommendations Come In Testimony Requested By State’s Efficiency Unit, “Little Hoover Commission” Sacramento, CA -- The oversight board of California’s stem cell…
Nov 20, 2008Consumer Watchdog, a consumer advocacy group, called the insurers' position self-serving. "If consumer's can't afford coverage or refuse to buy it, they'll…
Nov 19, 2008Consumer Watchdog wants Google Inc. to implement more privacy protections in its e-mail and search systems as it may be looking at…
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