Consumer Watchdog

Widow With Over $450K In Medical Bills Speaks Out Against Enzi/Bush “Association” Junk Health Insurance;

Empty Benefit Plans Marketed as "Low-Cost" Option Cost More for Less Coverage

Commission Sides With Telecom Industry;

Accusations Of Conflict Of Interest in CPUCABC TV-7 KGO (San Francisco) Consumer activists accuse the governor of working behind the scenes to…

Senate looking at new insurance options for small businesses

Associated Press Critics say that letting insurers bypass state protections gives consumers a false sense of security. "People will think they have…

Health-insurance bill gains traction

The Wall Street Journal The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a consumer group in Santa Monica, Calif., complained that the legislation…

Commerce Clause and Health

Marketplace Radio Program (NPR) Last week, the House of Representatives passed legislation stopping states from having food-warning labels that are tougher than…

HEALTH ACCOUNTS ON RISE;

BUT SAVINGS PROGRAM COULD BACKFIRE, EXPERTS SAY The Daily News of Los Angeles "They (HSAs) are sold as Band-Aids, but in essence…

Enzi “Association Health Plan” Bill Would Gut State HMO Patients’ Rights Laws

Beatty warns Democrats it’s Schwarzenegger they want to beat

Associated Press "I want us to win," Beatty said at a fundraiser for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, an advocacy…

Business boosts infrastructure;

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has entered the fray on the proposal to rebuild the state's roads, levees and schools, paying for…

Terminating Food Warning Labels

California's Congressional Delegation remarked yesterday that California's Gov was remarkably silent as the House of Representatives passed legislation preventing California from warning...

Automobile Rates & Good Driver Discount Plan

Unprecedented Assault on State HMO “Patients’ Bill of Rights” Movement Unveiled in U.S. Senate Today

Ways and Means chairman announces he will not seek reelection

Associated Press FTCR's president, Jamie Court, welcomed Thomas' retirement, calling him the "poster child for everything that has gone wrong with the…

Insurance Victims Call For California Ban On Junk Health Plans As Congress Moves to Expand Them

Broken contract talks not new for Blue Cross

North County Times (San Diego, CA) Jerry Flanagan, health care policy director with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, blamed "greedy"…

Governor’s ties to fitness lobbying group weigh heavy;

Conflict-of-interest issue hangs over Ohio muscle showTHE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Doug Heller of ArnoldWatch -- a watchdog effort of the Foundation for…

Cell Out, Take II

Arnold's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) earned a zero in customer service yesterday when they passed a set of weak rules and tried…

Initiative Targets Punitive Awards;

A proposed measure would bar assessment of such damages in many product liability suits.The Los Angeles Times "This measure removes a major…