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Assembly Committee Votes to Expose Patients to Doctor Substance Abuse; Advances Bill to Overturn Law Requiring Medical Board Act When Doctors Fail Drug Test

Sacramento, CA – AB 408 by Assemblymember Berman to create a secret Medical Board program that will place patients at risk of harm at the hands of doctors abusing...

KTVU-SF (FOX) – San Francisco, CA: Home Insurance Relief On The Horizon

Carmen Balber says we think that the way to do this right is to require a public catastrophe model developed by state experts, academics who can crunch the numbers, do the science, and then open up the math to the public so we can be confident that insurance companies are using information that's fair and accurate in predicting future climate risk.

Insurance Journal – How California’s Homeowners Insurance Crisis Is Affecting Brokers

By Don Jergler, INSURANCE JOURNAL https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/07/23/785223.htm A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly expensive and more frequently unavailable coverage for their...

Daily Kos – Western States Petroleum Association Astroturf Group Seeks to Discredit Price Gouging Penalty

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/3/2208701/-Weekly-Spotlight-on-climate-and-eco-diaries-12-3-2023-COP28-consumer-choices-peak-carbon-soon?utm_campaign=recent Sacramento, CA –  Consumer Watchdog released a new video today to counter a disinformation campaign by the state’s oil refiners lobby, led by the Western States...

The Ventura County Star – Will insurance blackmail win again?

By Tom Elias, THE VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/09/07/will-insurance-blackmail-win-out-again/70770094007/ Historically, the only effective deterrent to blackmailers is to get tough on them, fighting back and not giving in to their demands. Historically,...

The Real Deal – State lawmakers, commissioner in talks to boost home insurance coverage

Consumer advocate alleges the “the biggest insurance industry bailout in modern history” By Dana Bartholomew, THE REAL DEAL https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/09/05/state-lawmakers-in-talks-to-boost-home-insurance-coverage/ There’s a secret deal between California lawmakers and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara...

Supreme Court Potpourri: A Look at Cases Coming Next Fall – CVS Pharmacy v. John Doe

By Kaila Philo, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE July 2, 2021 https://www.courthousenews.com/supreme-court-potpourri-a-look-at-fall-term-cases/ CVS Pharmacy v. John Doe In 2018, a group of HIV-positive individuals filed a federal discrimination lawsuit after the pharmacy chain CVS enrolled them in...

Doctors Should Not Police Themselves

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