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LOS ANGELES, CA -- One week after consumer advocates complained of inaction, state regulators announced Thursday that they will force three of…
Apr 18, 2008Beer is high on price, low on alcohol content Padres fans already know beer sold at Petco Park has a higher price…
Apr 18, 2008State regulators to review thousands of similar cases State regulators ordered on Thursday the immediate reinstatement of 26 health insurance policies for…
Apr 18, 2008Insurance reinstated for some -- thousands more get reviews State regulators Thursday set the stage for the reinstatement of thousands of Californians…
Apr 18, 2008Cautions That All Health Costs During Gap Must be Covered Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today praised a California state regulator’s…
Apr 17, 2008City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo says the health insurer made false promises of coverage and hid a scheme to drop sick policyholders. The…
Apr 17, 2008Urges State HMO Regulator To Do Same Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today joined L.A. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo in announcing…
Apr 16, 2008Consumer Watchdog Renews Call for Bush to Stop Buying Oil for U.S. Reserve, Release Oil to Dampen Price Santa Monica, CA --…
Apr 16, 2008Agency Claimed State Funding Led to Important Clinical Trials Santa Monica, CA -- California’s stem cell agency overstated and hyped the importance…
Apr 16, 2008The Schwarzenegger administration will announce tomorrow that it is reinstating health insurance for some patients whose coverage was illegally canceled by health…
Apr 16, 2008LOS ANGELES, CA -- Though state regulators fined Blue Cross $1 million last year for improperly dropping policyholders after they fell ill,…
Apr 16, 2008Allstate has been given until an April 24 hearing to prepare arguments in its appeal of a state order to cut its…
Apr 16, 2008I stumbled across a delightful article in The New York Times this morning: "Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Are Rejecting Industry Pay."
Apr 15, 2008Hundreds of Service Employee International Union (SEIU) staff and members stormed a progressive union gathering in Dearborn, Michigan this Saturday -- dispensing…
Apr 15, 2008Insurance Commissioner Ordered Allstate to Lower Rates by 15.9% Under Prop. 103 Santa Monica, CA – Consumer advocates argue today before a…
Apr 15, 2008"I'm making you and offer you can't refuse," said Robert Goldstein. "Free money to do good things." Goldstein, chief scientific officer for…
Apr 15, 2008Carrier Draws Line After Making 150,000 Pages Public, Including McKinsey Report Allstate's reluctant release of some 150,000 pages of documentation -- including…
Apr 14, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog petitioned the state Department of Managed Health Care to announce within 10 days its plans regarding…
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