Consumer Watchdog

Katrina Survivors Having To Wait Too Long for Copies of Insurance Policies

Insurers Should Put Copies of Generic Policies Online to Help Guide Customers About What Is and Is Not Covered

Health Care Premiums Surpass Minimum Wage Salary;

Increase Marks the Beginning of the End of Health Care System

HMO Care Improves in State Survey

Los Angeles Times "This report gives consumers less information than Ebert & Roeper's movie reviews," said Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for…

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brought to You By:

Governor Schwarzenegger's Top Ten Donors: 1. A.G. Spanos Family - $2,114,700 2. William A. Robinson - $1,650,000 3. Henry Nicholas/ NS Holdings…

The state of HMOs;

PATIENTS, AT LEAST, PERCEIVE THE CARE AS IMPROVING OVER LAST YEARSan Jose Mercury News However, some questioned how useful or helpful the…

HMO “Report Card” Fails to Provide Meaningful Evaluation of Quality and Is Silent on Affordability

Crude Manipulation;

In Katrina's wake, the supposed oil shortage and suspicious gas price hikesThe Village Voice (New York) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…

Sacramento Consumers Urged to Attend Public Hearing on HMO Merger that Will Result in Higher Costs & Less Choice

Executive Bonuses & Reserves Enough to Provide Insurance for 278,000 Californians For Entire Year

ADDING TO GRIEF, MOST LACK FLOOD INSURANCE

Daily News (New York) Homeowner advocates such as Douglas Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights accused the insurance companies…

XXXtortion

f someone had bought Monica Lewinsky's blue dress before Ken Starr got hold of it, how much leverage would they have had…

Katrina exposes oil industry problems

UPI - United Press International Industry critics allege oil companies have intentionally limited refining capacity to improve the bottom line. "They are…

Woeful lack of insurance

The San Francisco Chronicle Doug Heller, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, says, "I'm not worried about the…

Storm Stretches Refiners Past a Perilous Point

The New York Times 'Oil companies have jacked up gasoline prices through a simple mechanism: reducing inventories and refining capacity,'' said Jamie…

Many Katrina flooded homes had no insurance

National Public Radio (NPR) - Morning Edition Mr. DOUGLAS HELLER (Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights): The insurance industry is going to…

Louisiana Commissioner Wrong to Protect Insurance Companies at Expense of Hurricane Survivors

Commissioner Should Fight Industry Effort to Deny Katrina Claims Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley is wrong to defend insurance company efforts to…

Some calling profits obscene

Philadelphia Daily News Indeed, public-interest group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR), just this week released internal memos from Chevron,…

Debate over alleged gas-price gouging in California continues

Sacramento Bee (California) Consumer advocates such as Jamie Court say they believe the oil companies have shown they're willing to restrict supplies…

Consumer expert: Hurricane exposes need for more U.S. refineries

Gannett News Service Jamie Court, president of Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights, said the oil companies deliberately reduced their refining capacity…