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Justin Kloczko writes about tech, energy and insurance for Consumer Watchdog. He’s covered privacy issues extensively, including data collection, privacy rights and legislation, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and surveillance pricing.
 
He’s a recovering daily newspaper reporter with experience covering local government, education, and the criminal justice system at the Hartford Advocate, Middletown Press, and  Manchester Journal Inquirer. His work has appeared in Vice, Daily Beast, The New Republic, KCRW and Los Angeles Magazine.
 
While covering civil litigation at the Los Angeles Daily Journal he won LA Press Club awards for his stories detailing corruption at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. The stories led to the criminal prosecutions of multiple city officials. Justin also authored The Debaser, an independent newsletter about LA culture and politics that garnered him an appearance on the ABC/Hulu documentary about disgraced plaintiff’s attorney Tom Girardi called “The Housewife and the Hustler.”
Insurance

Junk health insurance bill would put big burden on families

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The Baltimore Sun

May 11, 2006 A measure that is nearing a final vote in Congress would greatly expand the reach of insurers offering bare-bones plans that saddle policyholders with no cap on their payments once their paltry coverage limits are reached. Maryland, like New York and a few other states with strong consumer insurance protections, has so far been spared the misery inflicted by such junk insurance.

Insurance

Junk health insurance bill would put big burden on families

Consumer Watchdog -

The Baltimore Sun

A measure that is nearing a final vote in Congress would greatly expand the reach of insurers offering bare-bones plans that saddle policyholders with no cap on their payments once their paltry coverage limits are reached. Maryland, like New York and a few other states with strong consumer insurance protections, has so far been spared the misery inflicted by such junk insurance.

Energy

Gasoline Supplies Should Be Regulated and ‘Shortages’ Should Be Prevented

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Los Angeles Business Journal

Anyone whose hair stood on end during the latest round of record oil company profits ought to start bracing now for next quarter's reports. Half of California's dollar-a-gallon price spike since Jan. 1 for regular gasoline has come in the last 30 days, thus wasn't included in first-quarter earnings. It is hard to imagine oil companies continuing to spin their defiant excuses -- the price of crude oil, the price of ethanol -- when they are increasing prices so much faster than their costs.

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