Insurance
Health Net to Reinstate Members
The company, without admitting fault, will give new coverage to 926 Californians it had dropped and pay fines. One of the state's…
Sep 12, 2008Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance Cancellation Settlements Not Enough to Protect CA Patients
Schwarzenegger Must Keep His 'State of the State' Promise to Protect All Californians By Signing Legislation Los Angeles, CA -- New legislation…
Sep 12, 2008
Energy
Self-Serving Prop. 10 Sounds Good, Should Lose
It's never hard to find self-serving propositions on the California ballot. But there has never been anything quite like this fall's Proposition…
Sep 11, 2008Patients Whose Health Coverage Was Retroactively Cancelled When They Got Sick Urge Governor to Keep His ‘State of the State’ Promise to Protect Innocent Patients
Los Angeles, CA -- Patients whose health coverage was retroactively cancelled after they got sick and filed an insurance claim held a…
Sep 11, 2008
Energy
Chief of Prison Guards Union Fighting His Own Insurgents
According to figures with the secretary of state that were compiled by Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan consumer protection group, the union has…
Sep 10, 2008
Insurance
Will Drivers Trade Privacy for Discounts?
California-based Consumer Watchdog wants to make sure GPS or location-based information doesn't creep into any insurers' plans. It has lobbied the California…
Sep 9, 2008
Insurance
Health Insurance Bills Clear Calif. Legislature
Jerry Flanagan, a health care advocate for Consumer Watchdog, said the bill is an important piece of the health care puzzle, but…
Sep 8, 2008
Energy
Lost and Phoned
For Those Prone To Misplacing Their Cell, Providers Offer Some Help Companies will often try to pawn off a "refurbished" phone to…
Sep 7, 2008
Healthcare
Cancer? Ask Plenty of Questions
My sister had the advantage of a hell-raising brother who's accustomed to rattling cages and demanding answers. And I was lucky enough…
Sep 7, 2008
Privacy
Session Wasn’t Complete Waste
Given their sorry performance – the budget is now 67 days late – it's tempting to simply ignore any legislation that lawmakers…
Sep 5, 2008
Insurance
Health Insurance Bills Head To Governor
Consumer groups were more encouraged by the legislation and the protections the measures could provide. "There's a range of bills on the…
Sep 4, 2008
Insurance
Pay-As-You-Drive Plan Good for Wallets – and Environment
The PAYD model would allow drivers to document their annual mileage in three ways: They could submit maintenance records; they could have…
Sep 4, 2008
Insurance
Congress Ready To Play ‘Beat The Clock’
Passage of Insurance-Related Bills Problematic with Sept. 26 Adjournment Looming Action was delayed after a new California member, Rep. Jackie Spier, a…
Sep 1, 2008
Insurance
California Lawmakers Pass Several Bills
Measures dealing with health insurance cancellation, mortgage lenders, chemicals and college aid to illegal immigrants are approved. SACRAMENTO, CA -- Insurance companies…
Sep 1, 2008CA Legislature Passes Historic Health Insurance Cancellation Bill
Nurses & Consumers Urge Schwarzenegger to Keep His Promise To Protect Innocent Patients and Sign The Bill SACRAMENTO, CA -- The California…
Sep 1, 2008
Insurance
Drive Less, Pay Less – And Able To Prove It
New Rule Would Really Link Miles Driven And Auto Insurance Rates Miles driven would be verified by one of three methods: odometer…
Aug 29, 2008
Insurance
Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance Revs Up
The proposal stems from legislation authored by state Assemblyman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, which would have made it possible for insurers to…
Aug 28, 2008
Insurance
Poizner Pushes Mileage Plan
The Pay-As-You-Drive Proposal Could Save Californians Hundreds of Dollars a Year. Consumer groups, who opposed Huffman's bill in the Legislature because they…
Aug 28, 2008