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Consumer Advocates Applaud Commissioner Poizner's Ruling, Shift Focus To Investigation of Possible Refunds for Past Allstate Overcharges Santa Monica, CA…
Jul 10, 2008The state-ordered reduction will save more than 850,000 customers about $250 each. SACRAMENTO, CA -- The rate reduction, to be announced this…
Jul 10, 2008Court to Decide Whether Insurance is a “Service” Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today urged the California Supreme Court to…
Jul 9, 20082 years ago California regulators fined Blue Cross of California $1 million for cancelling insurance policies when patients got sick. Or at…
Jul 7, 2008LOS ANGELES, CA -- California health insurance regulators are scrutinizing 1,770 patient policies canceled by Anthem Blue Cross to see if they…
Jul 7, 2008The state's stem cell institute, which so far has approved $554 million in taxpayer-funded research grants, is basing its funding decisions on…
Jul 6, 2008It took only an instant for 58-year-old Gailanne Reeh to go from the picture of health to death’s door. By chance, her…
Jul 6, 2008Industry spent nearly 62 percent more between 2004 and 2007 THE OIL LOBBY Expenditures for federal lobbying by the oil and gas…
Jul 4, 2008“Silly,” “extravagant,” a “phantom issue,” and “nonsensical.” That’s what Assemblyman Jared Huffman had to say about consumer and privacy advocates’ concerns...
Jul 3, 2008Los Angeles, CA -- California regulators admitted Thursday that for more than a year they didn't even try to enforce a million-dollar…
Jul 3, 2008Californians with Fireman's Fund will be paying 17.9% less California customers of Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. can expect to save an average…
Jul 2, 2008Let's say you were recently diagnosed with a serious medical condition -- depression, for instance. Your doctor thinks medication is the way…
Jul 2, 2008Report Shows How Oil Companies Shorted the Market and Made It Happen Santa Monica, CA -- Oil companies put the brakes…
Jul 2, 2008This story appeared in the British Daily Telegraph today, questioning whether Governor Schwarzenegger's commitment to reducing greenhouse gases is only skin-deep...
Jul 1, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- Insurance companies will be allowed to install spyware in Californians' cars, and charge higher auto insurance premiums to…
Jul 1, 2008Will Californians lie to save money? Apparently. New legislation takes aim at an honor system, of sorts, perhaps one of the few…
Jun 30, 2008Employees at the California's stem cell agency face a salary freeze for the rest of the year, "in solidarity with the state."…
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