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KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles: Prop 45 Supporters Dump BS at Blue Shield

October 14, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Blue Shield policyholders joined with bedside nurses from the California Nurses Association, consumer advocates and other supporters of Proposition 45’s rate relief measure to deliver a pickup truck of steer manure to Blue Shield’s offices.</p>

KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles Investigation: Public Documents Show Hazardous Waste From Exide Plant Spilled Onto Highways, Into Storm Drains

October 14, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

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KABC TV-7 Los Angeles: KABC TV-7 Los Angeles: Policyholders and Advocates Deliver BS to Blue Shield

October 14, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Blue Shield policyholders joined with bedside nurses from the California Nurses Association, consumer advocates and other supporters of Proposition 45’s rate relief measure to deliver a pickup truck of steer manure to Blue Shield’s offices.</p>

KPBS TV San Diego – Prop 45 Would Give Insurance Commissioner Final Say On Health Premiums

October 10, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Health insurance regulators review rates, and they may even find them unreasonable. But there is no law to force insurance companies to comply with a regulators recommendations. Proposition 45 would change that.</p>

KGO TV-7 ABC San Francisco: Yes on Prop 45 Campaign Rolls Out Street Posters

October 9, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer advocates and nurses launched a new “Yes on 45” street art campaign hitting San Francisco and Sacramento this week that exposes the health insurance companies spending $37.5 million to oppose Proposition 45. Thousands of posters will be plastered through wild-posting in the coming days in other cities across the state. Michael Finney with KGO TV-7 ABC in San Francisco has the story.</p>

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles: Prop 45 Debate and the Need for Health Insurance Rate Regulation

October 8, 2014  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>Jamie Court debates the need for Prop 45 Health Insurance rate regulation on KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles.</p>

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles: Proposition 46 Stirs Controversy About Patient Privacy

October 7, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid=339803" width="476"></iframe></p> <p>LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Proposition 46 calls for drug testing doctors and raising the cap on medical malpractice judgments. But another facet of the measure regarding patient privacy is stirring up controversy. Ric Romero has more.</p>

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles: Doctor Tells Why Prop 46 Is Needed In California

October 6, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Dr. Stephen Loyd, a recovering drug addict who at one point was taking up to 100 pills a day including Vicodin and oxycodone while working with patients, joined with Proposition 46 proponents and spoke about the dangers to patients of undetected physician impairment. Dr. Loyd said the latest TV ad opposing Proposition 46 is “criminal” and will “cost people their lives.”</p>

California Nurses Say YES to Prop 45

October 1, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p><span class="field-content">The Yes On Prop 45 campaign today released its first television advertisement featuring three working registered nurses discussing how their patients’ health care has been compromised by health insurance companies that are raising their rates.</span></p>

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles: Prop 45 Health Insurance Reform Debate Heats Up

October 1, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid=333051" width="476"></iframe></p> <p>Diana Guth and Judy Graff Fisher spoke Wednesday at a news conference organized by Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based advocacy organization, to promote Prop 45, a ballot measure that would give the state's insurance commissioner the authority to reject unjustified rate hikes on health insurance. It would affect six million Californians who buy their own insurance or work for a small business.</p>

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Blue Shield and Cigna Bait and Switch

September 26, 2014  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>Consumer advocates filed two separate lawsuits against Cigna and Blue Shield of California for misrepresenting their physician and hospital networks in order to boost sales during the Affordable Care Act’s ‘open enrollment period’ that ended on March 31.</p>

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Blue Shield and Cigna Bait and Switch

September 26, 2014  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>Consumer advocates filed two separate lawsuits against Cigna and Blue Shield of California for misrepresenting their physician and hospital networks in order to boost sales during the Affordable Care Act’s ‘open enrollment period’ that ended on March 31.</p>