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‘Hot Fuel’ Issue Lands Back in Congress As Weights and Measures Group Fails to Act;

Majority of Expert Body's Voters Approves a Fix, But It Fails on Technicality: Issue Tossed Back to Congress

Regulators Investigate Excessive Blue Cross Profits and Illegal Cash Transfers As Senate Votes on Bill To Regulate Health Insurance Premiums, Profit, Overhead;

Consumers & Advocates Suffering Double-Digit Rate Increases Call For Affordability Bill

Will a cheaper iPhone click before Christmas?

One analyst believes Nano model may appearTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE The advocacy group Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights recently sent a…

A fix for ‘hot fuel’ faces decisive vote

The Kansas City Star Judy Dugan, research director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, Calif., countered that…

Complaints Spark State Hearing On Blue Cross

Regulators want to see whether the healthcare firm is adhering to an accord with California. "The Department of Managed Health Care has…

Insurance rewards healthy workers

USA TODAY Because the UnitedHealth program rewards actual results, rather than just efforts to be healthier, the policies are raising concern among…

Pulling back the green curtain

We all know about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's meddling-by-proxy to slow down implementation of California's global warming bill. Now we find...

Paying for ‘Ghost Gas’

Day to Day Program - National Public Radio (NPR) Ms. JUDY DUGAN (Research Director, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights): This is…

Coventry Health Care to Buy Florida Health Plan

Washington Post Coventry Health Care, a Bethesda-based managed-care provider, has agreed to acquire privately held Florida Health Plan Administrators for about $685…

Health Care Terror

The New York Times The only things standing in the way of universal health care are the fear-mongering and influence-buying of interest…

HEALTH PLAN’S BENEFITS AT ISSUE;

MEDICARE OPTION SPARKS DEBATE ON STATE'S NEEDIESTHartford Courant (Connecticut) Offering Medicare Advantage makes good business sense for private insurance companies, because the…

Fired Enviro Regulators Reveal Arnold Interfered on Donors’ Behalf

Does the governor regularly coordinate meetings between his biggest donors and top regulators? That's the first question Arnold has to answer after…

Public Records Reveal Energy Industry-Funded European Junket Emphasized Emissions Cap & Trade Programs to Gov’s Greenhouse Gas Regulators

L.A. County secrecy policy is assailed;

Open-government supporters decry move to keep memos on settlements confidential.Los Angeles Times "If this is private, we have no idea what kind…

Apple issues battery replacement program for iPhone

Associated Press Harvey Rosenfield, founder of the Santa Monica, Calif.-based consumer watchdog group that wrote the letter last week, contends the iPhone's…

Schwarzenegger ‘blocked own green policy’

The Independent (London) Consumer groups and Democrat leaders have been quick to express their disappointment. "The Governor has made his name across…

Md. launches anti ‘hot fuel’ campaign

The Frederick News-Post (Maryland) Hot fuel could cost the consumer $1.5 billion over the summer, according to a congressional study. When the…

First, Dump Dunmoyer

rnold may think that naming a veteran air quality official like Mary Nichols to head his Air Resources Board will quiet things…