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A California consumer advocate group is condemning Allstate for allegedly "systematically underpaying claims to policyholders, or forcing them into protracted court battles…
Apr 10, 2008Donors to the Democratic Party are getting uppity. They’ve dared suggest that the money they donated to elect people might not exactly…
Apr 10, 2008ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. In…
Apr 9, 2008Since 2006 Senator Calderon, Sponsor of Bill Allowing Invasions of Medical Privacy, Received $21,690 from Drug Companies and Pharmacies Santa Monica,CA -- Breaches of…
Apr 8, 2008The Mr. Roadshow Column: Q: Can you explain why the price of diesel has gotten so out of hand and is squeezing…
Apr 8, 2008It's amazing how fast Gov. Schwarzenegger reacts when it's his wife, Maria Shriver, whose medical records are being snooped. "This kind of…
Apr 8, 2008Allstate made a surprise decision to release internal documents about claims handling procedures that they've been fighting to keep secret in court…
Apr 8, 2008Refineries’ Profit Surge Comes On Top of Record Profits Reaped From High Oil Prices; Group Asks, “Where’s the White House? Where’s Congress?”…
Apr 7, 2008Stem cell agency President Alan Trounson told members of the Facilities Working Group (FWG) at the beginning of their two-day meeting Friday…
Apr 7, 2008A pair of adjacent stories on health care costs in today's New York Times illustrate the big potholes in privatizing health reform.…
Apr 7, 2008Salaries for key officials at the National Institutes of Health show clearly just how bloated the top salaries at the California stem…
Apr 7, 2008Blue Cross Chief Gets $10 Million as Health Care Costs Continue to Surge "Wellness,'' the new marketing slogan of Blue Cross &…
Apr 7, 2008Documents Show Consumers Need Better Regulation of Insurance Industry; California Rate Cut Shows the Way Santa Monica, CA -- Allstate, the…
Apr 7, 2008After causing an uproar online, "Sam Scoop" pulled his (or her) anti-Greg Pettis Web site. The controversial site came down Wednesday after…
Apr 7, 2008A lot of drivers probably thought they were finally getting a break when then-California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced in 2005 that…
Apr 6, 2008LOS ANGELES, CA -- A state appellate panel has rejected a consumer lawsuit that accuses state regulators of shirking their statutory duty…
Apr 4, 2008United States Senator Ted Kennedy, one of the nation's longest and hardest-fighting advocates to provide health care everyone and patient rights, hired…
Apr 4, 2008Has then California stem cell agency finally learned the value of good relations with the State Legislature? Maybe so.
Apr 3, 2008