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Survivors in Sacramento Urge Passage of Insurance Reform Bills to Keep Californians Insured and Get the Benefits They Paid for 

Survivors in Sacramento Urge Passage of Insurance Reform Bills to Keep Californians Insured and Get the Benefits They Paid for 

Hearing Video: Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits Of Utility Wildfire Mitigation Spending Before More Is Approved Passes Assembly Energy Committee

Hearing Video: Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits Of Utility Wildfire Mitigation Spending Before More Is Approved Passes Assembly Energy Committee

Consumer Alert – State Farm: 80% of Fire Survivors Say They’re Living on a Prayer

Consumer Alert – State Farm: 80% of Fire Survivors Say They’re Living on a Prayer

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Bite Back! Jamie Court talks about Keystone XL and the Koch Brothers

Bite Back! Jamie Court talks about Keystone XL and the Koch Brothers

January 30, 2015  ·  ConsumerWatchdog
<p>Bite Back! Consumer Watchdog's new weekly segment where our seasoned advocates talk about the great hypocrisies of the day. This week Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court takes on the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Koch Brothers influence. See more of our Bite Back videos <a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/consumer-watchdog-bite-back">here</a> or on our official <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ncVw-6SS0p--NdD3V6h4A">YouTube channel</a>.</p>
KCAL TV-9 Los Angeles: Gas Prices Continue Dive As Crude Oil Falls Below $50 Per Barrel

KCAL TV-9 Los Angeles: Gas Prices Continue Dive As Crude Oil Falls Below $50 Per Barrel

January 5, 2015  ·  Mark Reback
<p><strong>MID-CITY (CBSLA.com)</strong> — Drivers are rejoicing after the price of crude oil dropped again Monday, signaling another fall for gas prices.</p> <p>Crude oil slipped to below $50 per barrel for the first time in five years, and experts predict prices at the pump could remain in the range of $2 per gallon into the spring.</p> <p>The dwindling numbers are tied to a global glut and a sharp decline in crude oil, now priced at nearly half of what it was a year ago.</p>
CBS Evening News – Patients Outraged After Losing Doctors Under Obamacare

CBS Evening News – Patients Outraged After Losing Doctors Under Obamacare

December 15, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog
<p>Jerry Flanagan, lead attorney for the Consumer Watchdog group in California, says hundreds of thousands of people lost their doctors when insurers sold narrow networks without notice.</p> <p>"Consumers here were told that networks are going to be the same as they were before Obamacare ... and those are flat out lies," Flanagan said.</p> <p>Kevin McCarthy of Thousand Oaks, California, was surprised last spring, when he learned his family doctor of 14 years could not accept the Blue Shield insurance he'd purchased under Obamacare.</p>
NBC Bay Area, CA: California Hospitals Make Hundreds of Errors Every Year, Public is Unaware

NBC Bay Area, CA: California Hospitals Make Hundreds of Errors Every Year, Public is Unaware

November 20, 2014  ·  Mark Reback
<p><a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/results/?keywords=%22Stephen+Stock%22&byline=y&sort=date">Stephen Stock</a>, <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/results/?keywords=%22Julie+Putnam%22&byline=y&sort=date">Julie Putnam</a>, <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/results/?keywords=%22Jeremy+Carroll%22&byline=y&sort=date">Jeremy Carroll</a> and <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/results/?keywords=%22Scott+Pham%22&byline=y&sort=date">Scott Pham of</a> NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit dig up state records on medical mistakes or “adverse events” in Ca
CNBC-TV – John Simpson Discusses Net Neutrality

CNBC-TV – John Simpson Discusses Net Neutrality

November 11, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog
<p>Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication</p>