Insurance

National Day of Action to Tax Wall Street and Heal America

August 25, 2011  ·  Carmen Balber

<p> <img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2215" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images_carmenbdrawingname.gif" style="width: 133px; height: 200px; float: right; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;" width="133" height="200" />Email <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> for info and to RSVP.</p> <p>  </p>

Health Care Measure Seeks Public Option, Rollbacks

August 24, 2011  ·  Mark Reback

<p> As Republicans try to make President Obama's landmark health care law a key issue in the 2012 election, a leading California consumer rights group wants to shift the debate by offering a groundbreaking state ballot measure calling for a public option, a 20 percent rate rollback and tough oversight of premiums.</p>

Live Blog at California Health Exchange Board: Where’s the Consumer Protection?

August 23, 2011  ·  Judy Dugan

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Live Blog: Schwarzenegger Holdovers Still in Charge at Key State “Insurance Exchange”

August 23, 2011  ·  Judy Dugan

<p> <img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2206" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images_judydrawingname.gif" style="width: 133px; height: 200px; float: right; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;" width="133" height="200" />Industry-friendly appointees of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger continue to hold undue power at the California Health Benefits Exchange--the key body that is already deciding how Californians will get their health care under full federal reform in 2014.</p>

Big Brother Riding Shotgun In Your Car

August 19, 2011  ·  Carmen Balber

<p> <img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2215" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images_carmenbdrawingname.gif" style="width: 133px; height: 200px; float: right; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;" width="133" height="200" />Who could complain about insurance companies that let consumers choose?</p>

Corporations Mine For Personal Data in Health Reform

August 17, 2011  ·  Judy Dugan

<p> <img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2206" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images_judydrawingname.gif" style="margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right; width: 133px; height: 200px; " width="133" height="200" />No one who watched the development of the federal health reform law ever doubted that companies would find ways to make money from it. So far it's been mostly <a href="http://www.ahip.org/links/exchange2011/septprogram/">expensive seminars</a> to tell health insurance managers how to comply with the law--and maybe evade it a little. But a new twist showed up today, and it's an "aha!" moment.</p>

Rules Would Require Clear Health Insurance Info

August 17, 2011  ·  Mark Reback

<p> <kelly a="">WASHINGTON — Proposed regulations released Wednesday would require health insurers to provide clear, concise and consistent cost information about individuals' policies in easy-to-understand language.</kelly></p>

Auto Insurance Bill Was Clash Of Titans

August 14, 2011  ·  Mark Reback

<h2> Companies, Trial Lawyers Dominated Insurance Rollback</h2> <p> Last year, a driver in Milwaukee had a seizure, crossed the median and killed Samuel Milons Jr., 38. After Milons’ death, his fiancee, Angela Minerick, couldn’t afford the rent on their Milwaukee townhouse and racked up credit card debt.</p>

Mercury Chairman Backs Another Auto-Insurance Discount Initiative

August 13, 2011  ·  Mark Reback

<p> Aug. 12 -- Backers of an automobile insurance initiative that was bankrolled by Mercury General Corp., and which voters turned down last year, want to try again.<br /> <br /> The California attorney general's office this week released a title and summary of the proposed initiative, which was submitted by Mike D'Arelli, executive director of the American Agents Alliance, an insurance trade group. It's the first step in the process of putting a measure on the ballot.<br /> <br />

Why Are Car Insurance Rates Falling?

August 10, 2011  ·  Mark Reback

<p> <img alt="Falling car insurance rates" border="0" height="200" src="http://www.insurance.com/imagesvr_ce/7184/iStock_000005590334XSmall.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 10px;" title="Falling car insurance rates" width="301" />That wise-cracking Geico gecko has just been served a heaping slice of humble pie, courtesy of the state of California.</p> <p> Recently, Geico asked the California Department of Insurance (CDI) for permission to raise rates on drivers by 4 percent. But the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog got a whiff of the proposal and barked.</p>

AT&T’s T-Mobile Bid Should Be Rejected, Consumer Watchdog Tells Regulators

August 9, 2011  ·  Mark Reback

<p> AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc. should be rejected because it will lead to higher prices for consumers, the public-interest group <a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/issues">Consumer Watchdog</a> told regulators.</p>

Buzzing The Mercury Open

August 8, 2011  ·  Jamie Court

<p> <img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2197" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/donttrustmerc-planeandtruck.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 274px; float: right; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;" width="365" height="400" />Tennis fans were riled by our drive-by and fly-by mobile advertisements at the finals of the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad yesterday. Our message: “Don’t Trust Mercury Insurance." You can watch a short video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7GH-hbK20">here</a>, which explains why students are getting involved against Mercury.</p> <p> Here’s some of the reaction:</p>