Consumer Watchdog

Consumer Group Calls For Investigation Into Illegal Electioneering By Employers

Employees' Paychecks Stuffed With Election Material, Corporate $ Tip Key Races Santa Monica, CA -- The nonprofit, nonpartisan Foundation for Taxpayer and…

Corporate America’s Blueprint for the “Permanent Campaign”

How PUC sold out public, saved utilities

The San Francisco Chronicle Just hours before thousands of Northern Californians lost power the other day -- albeit from storm damage, not…

Kaiser Permanente to Pay $1 Million Fine for HMO Patient Death

American Health Line The California Department of Managed Health Care imposed the $1 million fine, the largest the department has issued against…

Calif. power regulators could use rate money to pay past debts

Associated Press California power regulators voted to enable themselves to use some of the money generated from record rate hikes last year…

Emboldened, President Bush Will Push To “Enronize” Nation’s Electricity System

With Control of Congress, Republicans Plan More Deregulation

Letter to Greenlining Institute RE: Consumer Advocacy

This is in response to your October 15 letter on behalf of "seventeen million low income consumers" in which you state that…

Group Lays Out Consumer Protection Challenges For Insurance Commissioner Garamendi’s First Year

Soaring Insurance Rates

National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition Many businesses are getting a shock when they try to renew their insurance coverage. Premiums for…

FBI Investigating Unnecessary Surgeries; Raids Redding Medical Center

FTCR Calls For Long-Overdue Medical Group Regulation

LAKES: A COKE AND A SMILE; CITY SIGNS EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH COLA GIANT

Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) Groups such as the Santa Monica, Calif.-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights have said such beverage contracts…

It can’t hurt to get 2nd opinion;

American Heart Association offers guidelinesThe San Francisco Chronicle When it comes to serious medical conditions, getting a "second opinion" is often not…

Homeowners in California faced by dearth of insurance

The San Francisco Chronicle Homeowners insurance in California is approaching a crisis level, according to the state Department of Insurance.

Homeowner insurance rates up in California

Associated Press State & Local Wire From homeowners who file claims and face increased rates to insurance companies who have stopped issuing…

Likely voters favor school, water bonds Democrats have hairsbreadth to hefty leads in lower-profile statewide races.

The Sacramento Bee A consumer group this week accused the party of funneling insurance industry money to Mendoza, who like Garamendi had…

EDISON’S 3RD QUARTER STRONG

The Daily News of Los Angeles Edison's opponents working to stop a bailout agreement between Edison and the California Public Utilities Commission…

Potential Buyers Eye California’s Energy Bonds for Decent Income

The San Diego Union-Tribune The California electricity crisis may have cost state consumers billions of dollars, but it becomes an investment opportunity…

Sizable jump in health-care costs stings employees

Chicago Daily Herald Many employees also are seeing jumps in the amount they're charged as a co-payment for office visits and prescription…