Jerry Flanagan is Consumer Watchdog's Litigation Director. Flanagan leads Consumer Watchdog’s litigation efforts in the areas of health insurance coverage and access to treatments. He has over 20 years experience working in public interest and health care policy, legislation and litigation.
Santa Monica, CA -- The Department of Managed Health Care’s (DMHC) settlement announced today does not ensure that Blue Shield customers are…
Nov 3, 2015
Santa Monica, CA -- CIGNA, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, will end a requirement that patients across the United States…
Oct 9, 2015
Santa Monica, CA -- The state’s tax board must make public an audit and other records related to its historic decision to…
May 13, 2015
Fort Lauderdale, FL -- CIGNA, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, is discriminating against patients with HIV/AIDS and attempting to circumvent…
Apr 28, 2015
Santa Monica, CA – In advance of a California legislative hearing on health care “costs” not scheduled to include testimony from consumers,…
Feb 3, 2015
Santa Monica, CA -- Aetna is attempting to circumvent the central reform of the Affordable Care Act—the so called “guaranteed issue” provision,…
Dec 23, 2014
Santa Monica, CA – Beginning on Saturday consumers may enroll in new health coverage or switch plans for 2015. Consumers should be…
Nov 13, 2014
Santa Monica, CA – Consumer advocates filed two separate lawsuits against Cigna and Blue Shield of California for misrepresenting their physician and…
Sep 25, 2014
Santa Monica, CA -- Patients with HIV and AIDS enrolled in health coverage provided by United Healthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer,…
Sep 10, 2014
Over the weekend, one of our federal employee "John Doe" clients received a nice surprise from his health insurer: the Blue Cross…
Jun 16, 2014
Santa Monica, CA - Responding to mounting patient complaints, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (“BCBS”) has announced it will soon end…
Jun 16, 2014
Santa Monica, CA – Parents of autistic children scored a major victory in a California Court of Appeal decision issued late yesterday,…
Apr 24, 2014
Santa Monica, CA - United Healthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer, will allow patients with HIV or AIDS to “opt-out” of a…
Mar 20, 2014This week the California Court of Appeal granted Consumer Watchdog’s petition for rehearing in its seminal lawsuit against the Department of Managed…
Oct 12, 2013
This week Consumer Watchdog filed a brief urging the California Court of Appeal to reconsider part of a recent ruling ending autism…
Sep 27, 2013
We’re very proud of the legal team’s recent victory in a lawsuit to bar discrimination against children. The California Court of Appeal’s…
Sep 11, 2013
Santa Monica, CA -- In a complex opinion issued yesterday, the California Court of Appeal ended the Department of Managed Health Care’s…
Sep 11, 2013
Santa Monica, CA -- A consumer protection lawsuit that would bar Blue Cross from changing “any term or benefit” of consumers’ health…
Aug 20, 2013