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The Contra Costa Times posed some good questions this week in an editorial about the "pay-as-you-drive" proposal making its way...
Jul 25, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation banning health insurance companies from rewarding employees for rescinding a policyholder's insurance. A.B.…
Jul 24, 2008The annual failure of the legislature to pass a budget on time is about to hit more Californians in the pocketbook. Governor…
Jul 23, 20082nd Quarter Report Shows Industry Still Buying Its Own Stock, Not Investing Record Profits in New Oil or Renewables, Says Consumer Watchdog;…
Jul 23, 2008There is a new concept for automobile insurance being driven through our state Legislature with Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner at the wheel.…
Jul 23, 2008Looking at recent top hires at the California stem cell agency, I'd been focusing on the fat salaries being paid to the…
Jul 22, 2008Robert Klein II, who chairs the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, continues to drag down the $3 billion stem cell research program…
Jul 20, 2008Two consumer groups yesterday filed an appeal of a U.S. Patent and Trade Office ruling that said the University of Wisconsin's Alumni…
Jul 19, 2008Amid rising costs, sick employees may be left out in the cold. Fighting breast cancer, she lost her job and her insurance…
Jul 19, 2008Tribe Donates to Schools Chosen by State Lawmakers SACRAMENTO, CA -- The Barona Band of Mission Indians has made state elected officials…
Jul 18, 2008Executives of California's stem cell agency are planning to hit the road next year resulting in an eye-popping 287 percent increase in…
Jul 18, 2008SACRAMENTO, CA -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California agreed to pay a combined $13 million-$15 million in fines and…
Jul 18, 2008Two consumer groups that had challenged three key human embryonic stem cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation said Friday…
Jul 18, 2008Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield also agree to restore coverage to patients whose coverage was canceled after they became ill. Anthem…
Jul 18, 2008“I understand that insurance companies need to protect themselves from fraud,” Congressman Henry Waxman said. “But that is not what happened in…
Jul 18, 2008SANTA MONICA, CA -- Two consumer groups today filed an appeal in their challenge of a controversial patent on human embryonic stem…
Jul 18, 2008LOS ANGELES,CA -- Two of California's biggest health insurers agreed Thursday to collectively pay $13 million and reinstate more than 2,000 insurance…
Jul 18, 2008Gas Prices Fail to Push Most U.S. Drivers to Protest. The national nonprofit Consumer Watchdog recently launched a campaign encouraging consumers to…
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