Energy
Expect Record Gasoline Prices By Spring
Gasoline prices, already up 72 cents a gallon over a year ago, are poised to go higher -- possibly shattering records. The…
Feb 14, 2008Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Blue Cross Halts Letters Amid Furor
Its request to doctors for data that could lead to policy rescissions was widely criticized Facing a torrent of criticism Tuesday, Blue…
Feb 13, 2008Consumer Group Finds Use of Outdated Data and Other Major Flaws In Economist’s Defense of Mandatory Purchase of Private Health Insurance
NEWS RELEASE Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Santa Monica, CA -- A consumer group today released a critique of a report by MIT…
Feb 12, 2008
Insurance
Watchdog Targets Lawmaker Junkets
Special Interests: How They Get Around Voter-Approved Limits on Campaign Contributions More money is flowing into California's legislative campaigns than ever, despite…
Feb 12, 2008
Insurance
Gov offers voter-approved bond money to campaign contributors
The Los Angeles Times reports today that Governor Schwarzenegger wants to hand over millions of dollars in state bond money to two…
Feb 11, 2008
Insurance
Exxon, the Worldwide Scrooge
You'd think that a company making nearly $41 billion in yearly profit in 2007 would be profligate in its charitable giving.…
Feb 11, 2008
Insurance
State stem-cell institute’s hiring called into question
The San Jose Mercury News (California) February 8, 2008 by Steve Johnson, Mercury News ...
Feb 8, 2008
Insurance
State stem-cell institute’s hiring called into question
ADVOCACY GROUP CLAIMS SUBTERFUGE WAS INVOLVEDThe San Jose Mercury News (California) The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said it…
Feb 8, 2008
Energy
“Real, for real politician”
The governor tried to don his outsider mantle today when he chastised the legislature for trying to hold onto power by extending…
Feb 8, 2008
Energy
British Petroleum Sees Lower Profits than Other Oil Companies
Despite lower profits, BP is seeing rise in stock price. BP is often considered the least successful of Big Oil companies. It…
Feb 7, 2008
Insurance
Massachusetts insurance mandate costs skyrocketing
The Boston Globe reported this week that the cost of Massachusetts' mandatory health insurance plan would be almost twice what proponents...
Feb 6, 2008
Privacy
Hospitals sock it to the uninsured, study says
The San Francisco Chronicle February 5, 2008 by Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer ...
Feb 5, 2008
Healthcare
Hospitals sock it to the uninsured, study says
The San Francisco Chronicle Consumer advocates agreed that uninsured pay high hospital rates, but they pointed out some limits to the study.…
Feb 5, 2008BP, ‘Bumbling Petroleum,’ is Exception to Profit Boom; Group Warns Against Cutting Safety as it Sheds Jobs
Yearly 2008 Profit Total for Big Five Oil Companies Still Hits $114 Billion, Picking Consumer Pockets Around the World Santa Monica, CA…
Feb 5, 2008
Insurance
Consumer Groups Challenge USAA Rate Filing
The Greenlining Institute is the most recent consumer protection organization to file a petition with the California Department of Insurance over a…
Feb 5, 2008
Insurance
Arnold & prop 93: shades of Gray
Watching Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis stand together in front of Los Angeles City Hall this morning made me feel like I…
Feb 4, 2008