Consumer Watchdog

ANTHEM/WELLPOINT: CALIF. MAY OK MERGER WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING

American Health Line

WIll Arnold Take the Punitive Damage Challenge?

In principle, there's nothing wrong with a portion of punitive damages awards reverting back to the state, as Arnold has proposed. In…

“Two Wrongs Make A Right” Insurance Bill Passes Senate 31-0

Mercury Insurance Bill Opposed by Low-Income and Consumer Groups Would Restrict Insurance Commissioner's Ability to Block Unfair and Discriminatory Practices

Consumers turning to lawsuits against wireless-phone companies

The Orange County Register The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said it's collecting the stories of upset wireless customers and organizing…

Boxer claims Shell plans faster shutdown of Bakersfield refinery

Associated Press Jamie Court, the foundation's president, said his group has talked to about half-a-dozen Shell employees, including refinery workers, who've reported…

Going Slow on Cutting Premiums;

Insurers say savings will come from workers' compensation reform, but probably not as soon as employers wish.Los Angeles Times Douglas Heller, director…

Don’t Fumble Cell Phone Consumer Rights

  Arnold has been asked to intervene on behalf of the telecommunications industry to block...

Public Advocates letter to Senator Burton opposing SB 1291

Public Advocates

Low Income Advocates Warn That Insurance Bill Could Lead to Rampant Discrimination

Mercury Insurance Bill Seeks to Restrict Insurance Commissioner's Authority to Prevent Abuses

Chamber of Commerce Attacks Law to Insure 1 Million Patients, Opposes Cost Controls While Cosponsoring “Cover the Uninsured Week”

Shell Has No Plans To Cover Refinery’s Loss

KERO Interviews Refinery ManagerThe Bakersfield Channel - KERO TV (California) Jamie Court, the president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights,…

Mercury Insurance Tries Legislative End-Run Around Court Loss

Bill Takes Power From Insurance Commissioner To Stop Illegal Practices

Telling numbers: Banks set quotas for sales pitches

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Texas) It's particularly offensive that when we simply try to get our own money out of the bank, we're…

Debate Over State’s Energy Supplies Heating Up Again;

Governor, lawmakers and business are weighing in on how best to revamp the power system.Los Angeles Times Letting the biggest corporations in…

Chamber charmed by all-business governor;

Economic initiatives now at top of his listThe San Francisco Chronicle The chamber has been preaching the same anti-regulation, anti-litigation, pro-deregulation, job-killer…

Pumping Up the Price of Gasoline

Perhaps no issue affects more businesses in California now than the skyrocketing price of gasoline. But Arnold -- big business's biggest advocate…

‘Strike 1’ on Health Care Cost Controls, Consumer Group Says

FTCR pledges ballot initiative if two other cost control policies fail

New overseer for HMOs;

Ehnes says she can't cure all ills, but she wants to keep doctors fiscally healthyThe San Francisco Chronicle "When it's a matter…