In response to a proposed class action alleging discrimination and privacy violations, California health insurer Anthem Blue Cross has backed away from…
Feb 19, 2013Health insurer Anthem Blue Cross said on Tuesday that it had suspended a deadline requiring clients to enroll in a mail-order prescription…
Feb 19, 2013California insurance powerhouse Anthem Blue Cross angered patients and prompted legal action with recent policy forcing Anthem HIV/AIDS patients to get their…
Feb 19, 2013Escalating one of tech's biggest rivalries, Microsoft is accusing Google (GOOG) of compromising the privacy of Gmail users -- leveling the charge…
Feb 17, 2013When consumers buy a car, they take the EPA’s mileage sticker — such as 33 miles per gallon highway, 27 city —…
Feb 16, 2013The site explains how search results for minors are displayed with its new search tool Facebook is working hard to assure users…
Feb 15, 2013Proposed Changes To Oversight Panel For California's Stem Cell Agency Garner Backing
Feb 13, 2013Jaime Rosenthal, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis, called more than 100 hospitals in every state last summer, seeking prices…
Feb 12, 2013The November election delivered California Democrats a coveted supermajority for governing the state. Now the party's leader in the Senate wants to…
Feb 11, 2013What you pay for car insurance depends on more than what you drive and how you drive it. It depends on where…
Feb 10, 2013Should California's doctors be drug tested? "Yes," say Consumer Watchdog." The non-profit group is calling for mandatory drug testing for physicians in…
Feb 8, 2013Rates will fall an average of 12.6% statewide beginning April 15 State Farm, California's biggest homeowners' insurer, is dropping rates an average…
Feb 8, 2013Consumer Watchdog says reforms are needed to reduce the rising number of prescription drug overdoses and to rein in incompetent and corrupt…
Feb 7, 2013Consumer Watchdog Responds to Prescribing Issues
Feb 7, 2013As California consumers prepare for health insurance rate hikes to take effect on Friday, a consumer watchdog group wants to remind them…
Jan 31, 2013Initiative would allow state to oversee health plans As about 730,000 California health insurance consumers' rates rise an average 17.5 percent today,…
Jan 31, 2013Gov. Jerry Brown's administration acts after learning that hundreds of employees were being paid for second state jobs in addition to their…
Jan 30, 2013
The California agency's board is wrestling with recommendations for changes in its membership and its authority over the spending of its $3-billion…
Jan 30, 2013