Insurance
In California, Middle Class Feels Health Insurance Squeeze
Dawn and Nick LaPolla of Fair Oaks are solidly middle class, and they aren’t uninsured.
Mar 8, 2014Mark Reback
Articles by Mark Reback
Privacy
Ten States With the Most Fraud Complaints
Fraud and scams cost Americans more than $1.6 billion last year. According to a report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), there…
Mar 7, 2014
Insurance
Albertsons Parent Cerberus Is Buying Safeway For More Than $9 Billion
Albertsons is making a play for the top spot in the U.S. grocery industry with the purchase of rival Safeway for more…
Mar 6, 2014
Insurance
Insurance Groups Eye Calif. Bills Reforming Prop 103, Reaching Medical Mal Cap, and Urging TRIPRA Renewal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California lawmakers are considering bills that would limit or end participation of intervenors in automobile insurance rate filings, urge…
Feb 27, 2014
Energy
Workers Allege Hunters Point Dirt Needs to be Screened for Radiation
Sources say workers are being exposed to radiological contamination at Hunters Point, that soil is being shipped to Bay Area landfills without…
Feb 27, 2014
Privacy
Placeholder MICRA Reform Bill Gets Tepid Response
Senate President Introduces Placeholder Bill, But Both Sides Gear Up For Initiative Democrats in Sacramento have strong ties to both trial lawyers…
Feb 26, 2014
Privacy
While Popular, Do-Not-Track Laws Face Uphill Fight
Efforts to stop website from collecting online data face political pushback, tech issues SACRAMENTO -- At a legislative hearing last week, state…
Feb 26, 2014
Insurance
Prop 103 Consumer Benefits Debate Serves as Focal Point for Calif. Ballot Initiative Expanding Law to Health
WASHINGTON -- Advocates and opponents of California's Proposition 103 are debating whether it has helped consumers 25 years after its passage. Some…
Feb 19, 2014
Healthcare
Voters May Decide Medical Malpractice Cap
Lawyers and consumer groups are getting signatures for a ballot measure to increase 1975's pain and suffering limit of $250,000. Doctors and…
Feb 18, 2014
Privacy
No Silver Bullet For Credit Card Fraud But Microchips Will Help
SACRAMENTO — Credit cards embedded with microchips, which have dramatically reduced fraud around the world, are on their way to U.S. consumers,…
Feb 18, 2014
Energy
Comcast-Time Warner Deal Would Be Bad News For Consumers And Valley Startups
At first glance, Comcast's proposed merger with Time Warner Cable may not look like it would matter much to the Bay Area,…
Feb 16, 2014
Privacy
Comcast To Buy Time Warner Cable For $45 Billion
Comcast Corp. will buy Time Warner Cable Inc. for about $45.2 billion in a deal that combines the nation's top two cable…
Feb 14, 2014
Privacy
Mega-Merger Would Unite Comcast, Time Warner Cable
New York (AFP) - Comcast unveiled plans Thursday to swallow Time Warner Cable in a deal uniting the two largest US cable…
Feb 13, 2014
Energy
Consumer Groups Want Government To Reject Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal
The proposed acquisition raises concerns about the combined company's market power, opponents say IDG News Service - Antitrust enforcement agencies should reject…
Feb 13, 2014
Privacy
Neutrality Advocates Gear Up To Fight Comcast-Time Warner Merger
Comcast's planned $45 billion merger with Time Warner could wreak havoc on the open Web, consumer groups say.
Feb 13, 2014
Insurance
Massive Cable Deal Would Make Comcast Too Powerful For Some
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer advocates and U.S. lawmakers are worried that Comcast Corp's proposed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc…
Feb 13, 2014
Privacy
Google Subsidiary Wins Rights To Restore Iconic Hangar One And Manage Moffett Field
Planetary Ventures, a company operating under the umbrella of Google, has been awarded by the General Services Administration (GSA) and NASA to…
Feb 11, 2014
Privacy
Google Subsidiary To Run Nearby Federal Airfield
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S government has picked a Google subsidiary to run and renovate a federal airfield that is frequently used…
Feb 10, 2014