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As HMO execs gathered at the Ritz Carlton in Georgetown, their hired hands on Capitol Hill grilled the Adminisration in hearings today…
Mar 10, 2009California regulators decline to require carriers to pay for a behavior therapy that is gaining recognition. Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog,…
Mar 10, 2009With growing prominence, Baucus has also faced heightened scrutiny; the Consumer Watchdog group listed him as the top Democratic recipient of contributions…
Mar 10, 2009I joined patients and nurses at a protest this morning outside the Ritz-Carlton, while health insurance executives gathered inside and plotted how…
Mar 10, 2009Consumer Watchdog has revealed that politicians in Washington have received multimillion dollar donations from drug and health insurance companies. "When the engineer…
Mar 10, 2009SACRAMENTO, CA -- In the midst of intense state budget negotiations, Democratic lawmakers stole away to an elegant wine-country lodge where the…
Mar 9, 2009John M. Simpson, stem cell project director of Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit group in Santa Monica, CA, is a longtime participant in…
Mar 9, 2009I remember flying around Montana on a national HMO patients' rights tour when Democratic US Senator Max Baucus was positioning himself as…
Mar 9, 2009Health insurers and drug makers have showered members of the 111th Congress with millions in campaign contributions over the last four years,…
Mar 9, 2009Lauds Lifting of Ban And Calls On President Obama To Follow Policies Established By California Stem Cell Agency Santa Monica, CA —…
Mar 9, 2009Senator Max Baucus, Leading Architect of Health Care Reform, Received More Industry Contributions Than Any Other Democrat WASHINGTON D.C. -- Health insurers…
Mar 9, 2009The debate over health care reform too often comes down to a shorthand of insuring the uninsured. But having an insurance policy…
Mar 6, 2009Stem cell institutions may turn to the federal stimulus package to plug a financing gap for major facilities and research, said Bob…
Mar 6, 2009The Office of Thrift Supervision took responsibility for its failure as AIG's primary regulator to prevent the company's accumulation of extreme risk…
Mar 6, 2009To follow up on my post from earlier this week, one of the Gov’s cabinet members resigned due to inquiries about income…
Mar 6, 2009Every year California officials are required to file a public document called a Statement of Economic Interest, or Form 700, with the…
Mar 6, 2009Wall Street spent $5 Billion in one decade in Washington to buy the deregulation that resulted in the financial meltdown. These are…
Mar 6, 2009KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN HOST: Some former Countrywide executives are mopping up some of their own mortgage messes today. Not out of the goodness…
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