California insurance commissioner calls the rate hike for small businesses 'excessive.' SACRAMENTO, CA -- Aetna, the state's third-largest health insurance company, is…
Apr 6, 2012Despite criticism from the state insurance commissioner and several statewide consumer groups, Aetna said Thursday it's going ahead with a recent hike…
Apr 6, 2012A California insurance regulator ruled that an Aetna Inc. health-insurance rate increase was “unreasonable,” in the latest salvo of a long-running debate in…
Apr 5, 2012Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and a host of public interest groups urged the Obama administration to fight for new measures to regulate…
Apr 3, 2012The app Girls Around Me pulls information women publicly post on their social network profiles, collates it, and delivers it to the…
Apr 3, 2012The makers of the mobile app Girls Around Me came under fire Monday for helping men to "stalk" unsuspecting women, but the…
Apr 2, 2012More than a million California small-business owners and individual policyholders face a wave of health insurance premium increases in the coming months…
Mar 31, 2012Google is reportedly working on a third-party comment platform. Sites that use comment platforms allow their users to discuss articles and blog…
Mar 28, 2012The Federal Trade Commission continued to step up pressure on businesses that collect consumer data on Monday, issuing a long-awaited final report…
Mar 27, 2012The US’ Federal Trade Commission is putting pressure on both Congress and tech companies to take actions to protect user privacy and…
Mar 27, 2012The government’s chief consumer protection agency said on Monday that it intended to take direct aim at the vast industry that has…
Mar 27, 2012In a broad report issued Monday, the FTC echoed President Obama's call, issued a month ago, for a new law that would…
Mar 27, 2012New browser feature could arrive before the year's end.
Mar 26, 2012Health insurance premiums for many Californians are set to increase as much as 20 percent in the coming weeks, according to insurance…
Mar 23, 2012LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The creation of California's stem cell agency in 2004 was greeted by scientists and patients as a turning…
Mar 18, 2012Prepared To Do Battle Against Premium Regulation California's provider and payer communities lined up this week against a proposed ballot measure for…
Mar 15, 2012A coalition of insurers, doctors and hospitals opposes a proposed initiative. California's doctors, hospitals and insurance companies have launched a united campaign…
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