Late last week, as the presidential oil spill commission’s co-chair and staff blamed BP’s cost-cutting and “failure of management” for the devastating spill…
Dec 7, 2010
The wee island nation of Fiji managed Wednesday to back down a California-owned company and extract a fee of 8 US cents…
Dec 2, 2010Rep. Gary Ackerman of New York, a veteran liberal representing Brooklyn, just issued a scary/hilarious dare to the conservative incoming House leaders…
Nov 30, 2010
The biggest political scandal of 2010 is an issue that nearly all Americans agree on, yet there's hardly a peep from the…
Nov 30, 2010
Oregon has examined the federal health reform, raised an eyebrow and said "We're going to do better, and do it without forcing…
Nov 29, 2010
Washington, DC — Federal rules issued today on how much health insurers must spend on health care vs. administration and profit are…
Nov 22, 2010
Washington, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog today called on President Obama to remove the general counsel to the national Oil Spill Commission after…
Nov 17, 2010
Massachusetts was the pioneer in mandatory health insurance, requiring its citizens to buy insurance as a quid quo pro for private insurance…
Nov 10, 2010
California had a different election from the rest of the U.S. It provides a unique opportunity to improve on, rather than spew…
Nov 3, 2010Halliburton is the sloppy contractor with no license, bad B.O. and helpers off the street who use gravel to stretch the cement…
Oct 29, 2010The first major set of health reform regulations, governing the "medical loss ratio," resembles the victim of a Mob kneecapping--hobbled but surviving--after…
Oct 28, 2010(updated 10-27 with Frontline video link)
Oct 27, 2010CW's friend Wendell Potter, a flat-out expert on how health insurance companies behave and how their lobby infiltrates government, has a report…
Oct 19, 2010In years past, a profit result like United HealthCare's 26% increase in the third quarter would spike the stock price. Not so…
Oct 19, 2010