Healthcare
Stem cell subcommittee OKs phone-in rules
In its fight to muster a quorum for regular stem cell board meetings, a board subcommittee has signed off on ...
Oct 14, 2008Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Financial Crisis Could Override Promised Reforms to U.S. Health System
OLDWICK, N.J. -- Any major overhaul of the U.S. health system next year are shaky given the $700 billion federal rescue of…
Oct 13, 2008
Privacy
Arnold’s greenwash
A blog at the LA Times today - Schwarzenegger's pale green report card - highlights the weak ratings on environmental scorecards given…
Oct 13, 2008
Privacy
AIG’s gall: Taxpayer bailout pays for a junket
"Situated high on a bluff overlooking the majestic Pacific Ocean, stands a landmark resort of legendary proportions." Days after receiving an $85…
Oct 11, 2008
Insurance
AIG Bailout 2: Did AIG put life insurance policyholders at risk?
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added another $38 billion to the AIG bailout pot today, bringing the total taxpayer infusion…
Oct 9, 2008
Insurance
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Profit Limit, Single-Payer Health Insurance Bills
SACRAMENTO, CA -- Among the insurance bills recently vetoed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a measure that would have limited health…
Oct 7, 2008
Healthcare
Who You Gonna Call?
Steps to Take When an Unexpected Medical Bill Comes in the Mail Figuring out how to lodge a complaint in our highly…
Oct 7, 2008
Insurance
Stem Cell Agency May Loan Out $500M
Decisions about the program's size, goals and structure remain to be made. The agency said it is still deciding whether to run…
Oct 6, 2008
Insurance
Schwarzenegger Abandons the Sick
The Governor Failed Patients by Vetoing a Bill that Barred Insurers from Unfairly Canceling Policies. Schwarzenegger wants us to trust insurers to…
Oct 4, 2008
Energy
Out To Pickens Our Pockets
Prop. 10 -- Lots Wrong With Billionaire's Energy Measure There's something for everyone to object to in Proposition 10. Groups as varied…
Oct 3, 2008
Privacy
“Sweetened” Bailout Goes Back To The House
"Over the last six years our system became a house of cards, based on the endless over-leveraging of each dollar through the…
Oct 3, 2008
Insurance
Governor Vetoes Health Insurance Rescission Bill
Governor Schwarzenegger has repeatedly vowed to crack down on health insurance companies that dump policyholders who get sick. But this week, he…
Oct 2, 2008
Insurance
California Health Rescissions Bill Vetoed
Jerry Flanagan, health policy director of the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, said the governor's veto "betrays" a pledge in his 2008 State…
Oct 2, 2008
Privacy
New “bailout” tactic would let fat cats cook books
In a bid to to make the $700 billion bailout palatable to Congressional Republicans, some supporters of the plan are proposing adding…
Oct 1, 2008
Healthcare
Arnold: Protect Maria, let the rest go bankrupt!
A few years ago Warren Beatty claimed at our consumer group's annual dinner that the definition of a "Schwarzenegger Republican" was a…
Oct 1, 2008Arnold Betrays Patients As Veto Trashes His State-of-State Pledge
Santa Monica, CA -- Arnold Schwarzenegger today vetoed legislation that would have prevented health insurers from canceling sick patients' coverage for innocent…
Sep 30, 2008
In The News
Governor must make new contribution disclosures
Anthony York at the Capitol Weekly has found some brand new disclosures about donors to the governor thanks to a regulation passed…
Sep 30, 2008
Privacy
Donors to Governor’s Travel Foundation Revealed
“I’m really excited that this information is out there. But the information reveals what we always thought was the case,” said Consumer…
Sep 30, 2008