Mark Reback
Articles by Mark Reback
Florida Asks for Insurance Rebate Waiver
Florida is asking the federal government to delay a requirement that health insurers use at least 80 cents of every dollar in premium…
Oct 29, 2011Insurance Exemption Could Cost Consumers
WASHINGTON, DC - Gov. Scott Walker's administration is seeking an exemption from a new health care law requirement that could mean millions of…
Oct 29, 2011Senate GOP Using MLR for Attack Fodder
The medical loss ratio may not be the first thing that comes to voters’ minds when they think of the Affordable Care…
Oct 28, 2011Consumer Watchdog Lambasts Los Angeles Over Google Apps
Unfortunately, the council meeting is next week Consumer Watchdog president Jamie Court has given Los Angeles city council members an impassioned speech…
Oct 27, 2011Privacy a Concern as Google Links Plus With Its Other Sites
Google's work to integrate its Google+ social networking site broadly with its other services could raise red flags for users who want…
Oct 27, 2011Two Health Insurers Leave Florida, Citing Health Law Regulations
Two tiny health insurance companies are exiting Florida's individual market because of Democrats' health law, the state's insurance department announced Thursday in…
Oct 27, 2011Consumer Group Slams L.A. for Use, Promotion of Google Apps
Consumer Watchdog has long been a vocal and sometimes over-the-top critic of Google and with questions rising over the implementation of Google…
Oct 24, 2011Google Apps Faces New Security Requirements in L.A.
Security requirements of the Los Angeles Police Department have delayed the city's complete implementation of the Google Apps cloud collaboration software. Google's…
Oct 22, 2011Google Apps Hasn’t Met LAPD’s Security Requirements, City Demands Refund
Two years after the City of Los Angeles approved a $7.25 million deal to move its e-mail and productivity infrastructure to Google…
Oct 20, 2011Verizon, Verizon Wireless Policy Changes Raise Privacy Issues
Facebook knows your likes and dislikes, not to mention who your friends are. Amazon knows your taste in books and anything else…
Oct 20, 2011Los Angeles Wants Refund for Google Apps
Google may need to act quickly to salvage its $7.25 million deal to migrate the city of Los Angeles to its Google…
Oct 20, 2011Los Angeles CTO Defends Embattled Google Apps Deal
Los Angeles CTO Randi Levin said Thursday that Google Apps is “working fine” for the majority of city employees, and that the…
Oct 20, 2011LA’s Google Apps Rollout Hits the Skids
The City of Los Angeles' transition to Google Apps for its 30,000 employees apparently hasn't been going smoothly, according to letters obtained…
Oct 20, 2011Complaint Accuses Pepsi of Deceptive Marketing
Four consumer advocacy and privacy organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday alleging that PepsiCo and its Frito-Lay…
Oct 19, 2011Pepsi Uses Games to Mask Doritos Ads for Teens, Groups Say
PepsiCo Inc.’s Frito-Lay unit uses online video games and concerts to disguise marketing campaigns for its Doritos chips aimed at teenagers, consumer…
Oct 19, 2011Google Suffers Cloud Setback in L.A.
Los Angeles is delaying until 2012 the migration of email to Google’s cloud computing suite for thousands of law enforcement officials because…
Oct 19, 2011