Now that Blue Shield of California has lost its tax-exempt status and owes tens of millions of dollars in state taxes annually, industry…
Apr 1, 2015When California lawmakers met last week to begin asking questions about the recent rise in gasoline prices, Tom Steyer took notice. Steyer,…
Mar 30, 2015“Many patients are simply accepting pure cash pricing for procedures—as if they had no insurance coverage at all—because it is cheaper than…
Mar 28, 2015With billions of dollars in reserve, nonprofit insurer Blue Shield of California is facing new pressure to offer better prices for its…
Mar 27, 2015CASTAIC, Calif. — When Kamala D. Harris, a Democrat, was the newly elected district attorney of San Francisco in 2004, she walked…
Mar 27, 2015“Oil refiners are gouging Californians by keeping the state running on empty so that when refineries go down gasoline prices shoot up,”…
Mar 25, 2015State senators investigating a recent surge in California pump prices at a Tuesday hearing grappled with price-fixing accusations and pressure to shift…
Mar 25, 2015Consumers' growing appetite for healthier fare is pushing together two of the world's largest processed-food companies — a deal that would combine…
Mar 25, 2015State legislators seek answers for California's much higher gasoline costs As Inland Southern California motorists forked out more than 80 cents per…
Mar 25, 2015Consumer Watchdog's new report, “Price Spiked: How Oil Refiners Gouge Californians On Their Gasoline and What It Costs,” showed that Californians paid…
Mar 24, 2015At a California State Senate hearing on February gasoline price spikes, Consumer Watchdog issued a report finding that California oil refiners have…
Mar 24, 2015SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - State lawmakers on Tuesday questioned the recent wild swings in California's gas prices and asked whether regulators can…
Mar 24, 2015Group tells Senate committee this latest price increase was orchestrated by refineries SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A consumer watchdog report says California oil…
Mar 24, 2015SACRAMENTO -- Gasoline prices in California, which typically run about 30 cents higher than the national average, have spiked to nearly a…
Mar 24, 2015“Oil refiners are gouging Californians by keeping the state running on empty so that when refineries go down gasoline prices shoot up,”…
Mar 24, 2015Critics couldn't help but note that the state Franchise Tax Board's decision in August to yank the tax-exempt status of not-for-profit Blue…
Mar 22, 2015Tesla CEO Elon Musk is saying his company will have driverless cars in the U.S. by this summer. Google is working on…
Mar 20, 2015It will be years before driverless cars are released to the public, but one consumer activist group is already taking aim at…
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