Insurance

Court Approves Blue Cross “Death Spiral” Settlement

August 27, 2011 · Jerry Flanagan

<img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2228" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images_jerrydrawingname.gif" style="width: 133px; height: 200px; float: right;" width="133" height="200" />Good news for Blue Cross consumers.

Consumer Group Wants Health Insurance Rates on 2012 Ballot

August 27, 2011 · Mark Reback

The consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog wants to take regulation of health insurance rates to Calfornia voters with a ballot initiative set for 2012. The ballot measure would expand Proposition 103, which regulates auto and home insurance rates in California, to include health insurance rates. It would also roll back health insurance rates by 20 percent and give the insurance commissioner power to approve or reject rate increases.

Time For A 1988-Style Voter Revolt?

August 25, 2011 · Jamie Court

<img class=" size-full wp-image-2224" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/images_jamie2drawingname.gif" style="width: 133px; height: 172px;" width="133" height="172" /> The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/iwanttohelp-signup">reported this morning</a> on the front page about the landmark insurance reform we expect to be spending the next fifteen months working for.

Want Real Health Care Reform? Try Oregon

August 25, 2011 · Judy Dugan

National Day of Action to Tax Wall Street and Heal America

August 25, 2011 · Carmen Balber

<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.

Health Care Measure Seeks Public Option, Rollbacks

August 24, 2011 · Mark Reback

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.

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

August 23, 2011 · Judy Dugan

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

August 23, 2011 · Judy Dugan

<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.

Big Brother Riding Shotgun In Your Car

August 19, 2011 · Carmen Balber

<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?

Corporations Mine For Personal Data in Health Reform

August 17, 2011 · Judy Dugan

<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.

Rules Would Require Clear Health Insurance Info

August 17, 2011 · Mark Reback

<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>

Auto Insurance Bill Was Clash Of Titans

August 14, 2011 · Mark Reback

<h2> Companies, Trial Lawyers Dominated Insurance Rollback</h2> 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.

Prop 103 California Insurance Reform

New Bill Requires Insurance Companies to Offer and Renew Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes

Homeowners Dropped by Insurers