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John 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…
Mar 6, 2009Thursday's White House summit on health care reform was much more show than substance. What is showed was that president has delivered…
Mar 6, 2009I spent the morning watching a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing into what a ‘systemic risk regulator’ of the financial...
Mar 6, 2009Google Health has a new feature that lets users share medical information with others through an e-mail link. Google has tried to…
Mar 5, 2009When Dennis Quaid went to Congress last year to testify about a threatening Supreme Court decision, it was hard to imagine the…
Mar 4, 2009The recent incident involved a privacy group called Consumer Watchdog. The organization and Google have had a history of run-ins. Consumer Watchdog…
Mar 4, 2009Click here to listen to the audio of this broadcast. Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog, calls the online updates an unprecedented…
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