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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, 2009Whitefish Forum Discusses Reform with Senator’s Staff Some in the audience also questioned whether the amount of campaign contributions Baucus has received…
Jun 2, 2009Gene 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, 2009Industry 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, 2009Health insurers and drugmakers have contributed millions of dollars to members of Congress. One of the top recipients of that money, said…
May 30, 2009Every new report on Massachusetts' effort to create universal health care entirely through private insurance raises the red flag higher--the insurers keep…
May 29, 2009Washington D.C. -- A study released today in Health Affairs finds that a Massachusetts law requiring all to show proof of health…
May 28, 2009However, Google has also run into some high-profile controversies over the past few months. In April, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog…
May 28, 2009The case was filed in Seattle in 2006 on behalf of all AT&T Wireless customers who claim they were deceived or overcharged…
May 28, 2009Despite the fact that more Massachusetts residents have health insurance, many of them can't actually use that "insurance" to get health care.…
May 28, 2009Governor Urged To Veto Deregulation Bill The fight is heating up against legislation that would essentially allow large property insurers to raise…
May 27, 2009Court Rejects AT&T's Efforts to Bar Customers from Joining Together to Hold the Company Accountable in Court Santa Monica, CA --…
May 27, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama’s campaign to cut health costs by $2 trillion over the next decade, announced with fanfare two weeks…
May 27, 2009Who is the lawsuit against? The defendants are Cingular Wireless Corporation, a national cell phone company, and AT&T Wireless Services, a cell…
May 27, 2009Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik has just explored the situation thwarting noncommercial neural...
May 26, 2009Each side says it's waiting for the other to make an offer, but things may be moving backward. On Jan. 23, Dethlefs…
May 25, 2009Another record-setting price spike? Gasoline rising back above $4 a gallon? "The fact it's going up now on nada, is proof that…
May 24, 2009We've been posting a lot about big insurers' plot to win deregulation as part of the federal financial overhaul. Now the New…
May 22, 2009