Consumer Watchdog To Congress: Put Patients’ Bill Of Rights Back On The Table
Washington, D.C. -- As the nation's health insurance companies met in San Diego, California to discuss how to "make health care reform…
Jun 4, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Regulation May Bar Insurers From Dropping Policies
Proposed state regulations announced Wednesday call on health insurers to provide clearer applications and proactively collect medical information before granting policies. However,…
Jun 4, 2009
Privacy
Obama’s Googler Draws Fire
A pair of consumer advocacy groups sent the White House a letter on Wednesday urging the administration not to appoint Google’s Andrew…
Jun 3, 2009
Privacy
Ex-Googler’s New White House Job Rankles Some
Andrew McLaughlin’s departure from Google to the Obama administration has prompted a little grumbling among some consumer advocates and the search giant’s…
Jun 3, 2009
Privacy
Google’s influence grows in the W.H.
Consumer groups urged the White House on Wednesday to back off its reported pick for deputy chief technology officer because he was…
Jun 3, 2009
Insurance
Health Care Ruling Raises Questions for Other Cases
California's health insurance industry claimed victory and vindication last week when Blue Shield of California won the first ever jury trial in…
Jun 3, 2009
Insurance
Google’s Former Policy Exec Faces Objections To Appointment As Deputy CTO
Two consumer groups object to Andrew McLaughlin's potential appointment, saying it would violate President Obama's ethics guidelines. Andrew McLaughlin is slated to…
Jun 3, 2009
Privacy
Critics Rip Obama’s Proposed Google Pick
As rumors swirl that President Obama plans to appoint Google's Andrew McLaughlin as White House deputy chief technology officer, consumer watchdogs bay…
Jun 3, 2009Consumer Watchdog Praises Insurance Commissioner Poizner for Health Insurance “Rescission” Rules, Pans Schwarzenegger Administration for Failure to Regulate HMOs
Without Parallel Rules In Department Of Managed Health Care, Insurers Can "Discriminate ... On the Basis of Which Agency Regulates" the Policy.…
Jun 3, 2009
Insurance
Veto The Anti-Consumer Property Insurance Bill
Gov. Crist has already indicated some reservations about signing this bill. We implore him to continue that smart thinking and to continue…
Jun 3, 2009
Insurance
Proposal Would Combat Rescissions of Health Insurance Policies In California
Steve Poizner, the state insurance chief, plans to unveil rules today that would deter insurers from dropping policyholders who develop costly ailments.…
Jun 3, 2009Consumer Groups To Obama: Google Lobbyist’s Appointment To Technology Post Raises Ethics Rules Questions For White House — Appointment Should Not Go Forward
Washington, DC -- Two consumer groups today urged the White House not to move forward with the pending appointment of Google’s top…
Jun 3, 2009
Energy
Chevron Gives Schwarzenegger Another Big Check, An Advocate Cries Foul
Just days after the package of ballot measures that Schwarzenegger supported flopped in the May 19 special election, Chevron donated $250,000 to…
Jun 3, 2009
Insurance
Single-Payer Health Care Supporters Plea for Consideration from Baucus
Whitefish Forum Discusses Reform with Senator’s Staff Some in the audience also questioned whether the amount of campaign contributions Baucus has received…
Jun 2, 2009
Healthcare
The Rush Limbaugh of health care hires oil industry hit man
Gene Randall's name popped out of the news reports about a 30-minute fake-news infomercial that aired on the NBC station in Washington…
Jun 1, 2009
Insurance
WellPoint Goes On The Offensive
Industry critics, however, see the report as yet another example of public-relations spin by Big Insurance designed to squash the public-plan option.…
May 31, 2009
Healthcare
Health Care Activists Lament Single-Payer Snub
Health insurers and drugmakers have contributed millions of dollars to members of Congress. One of the top recipients of that money, said…
May 30, 2009
Healthcare
Can Kennedy stick to his guns?
Every new report on Massachusetts' effort to create universal health care entirely through private insurance raises the red flag higher--the insurers keep…
May 29, 2009