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CA State Lawmaker’s Ties To Blue Shield

February 7, 2011 · Consumer Watchdog

Blue Shield of California is going to raise their rates by an outrageous 59% in less than three months. KABC-TV reports that the Speaker of the Assembly has raised $100,000 from Blue Shield while a single hearing has yet to be held on the rate hike.

KGOTV — Rally At Blue Shield Headquarters Results In 60 Day Delay Of Rate Hikes

February 2, 2011 · Consumer Watchdog

Coverage of the February 1st rally at Blue Shield headquarters in San Francisco by the local ABC station. As KGO reported:

ABC 7: Animated Talking Billboard In D.C. Illustrating Google CEO’s Need To Answer To Congress

January 27, 2011 · Consumer Watchdog

Coverage from DC of our mobile advertising van making its way across the city showing the animated satire "Mr. Schmidt Goes To Washington." Google CEO Eric Schmidt has refused to answer questions regarding its Street View Wi-Spy scandal. Consumer Watchdog is calling on Congress to summon Schmidt to finally reveal how much personal data Google stripped off of citizen's private networks.

Mr. Schmidt Goes to Washington

January 25, 2011 · Consumer Watchdog

This new animated satire, “Mr. Schmidt Goes to Washington,” -- the sequel to Consumer Watchdog’s popular “Don’t Be Evil?” video -- will be roaming the streets of Washington, DC on a mobile digital advertising truck for a week to make the case for why Congress should call Google CEO Eric Schmidt to testify under oath about the "Wi-Spy" scandal. The video is filled with Schmidt's own creepy quotes.

KGOTV: Google’s Cozy NASA Deal

January 25, 2011 · Consumer Watchdog

KGO-TV covers Consumer Watchdog's report on the inappropriate relationship between Google and the executive branch, including how a Northern California NASA airfield, near Google's headquarters, has been turned into a private landing strip for corporate executives' junkets to Cannes and the Carribbean.

The Changing of the Guard at Google

January 24, 2011 · Jamie Court

Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court discusses Eric Schmidt's stepping down as Google CEO and outlines the reasons to keep a wary eye on the company--especially with regard to consumer privacy.

CBS Evening News: Blue Shield’s 59% Rate Hikes Points To Need For Premium Regulation

January 10, 2011 · Consumer Watchdog

Patients are stunned at Blue Shield's 59% rate hike and Consumer Watchdog calls for new powers in California to rein in the runaway rate hikes of insurers like Blue Shield.

ABC Nightly News: Carmen Balber On The Need For States To Rein In Excessive Rate Hikes.

January 7, 2011 · Carmen Balber

In the wake of Blue Shield's 59% rate hike, Consumer Watchdog's Carmen Balber discusses the current need in nearly every state for public officials to have the power to review and reject the crippling rate hikes currently being imposed by health care providers.

Healthcare: What About the Mandate?

January 7, 2011 · Jamie Court

In this heated GRIT-TV debate, Jamie Court argues mandatory health insurance purchases are not necessary for health care reform to work and, in fact, undermine the best parts of the federal health care reform law. All Americans will have to have health insurance by 2014 , but there is no limit on how much health insurance companies can charge consumers. Court argues that is immoral and offers a way ahead.

Internet privacy and the need for an online “Do Not Track Me” list.

December 14, 2010 · Carmen Balber

Consumer Watchdog's Carmen Balber discusses Internet privacy and the need for an online "Do Not Track Me" list.

Changing The American Paradigm For Privacy

December 9, 2010 · Jamie Court

Jamie Court discusses the way we talk about Internet privacy, and the need for a federal Do Not Track list.

Lessons in populism from the California mid-term elections

November 9, 2010 · Consumer Watchdog

The defeat of Texas-oil-backed Prop 23, insurance-industry-backed Mike Villines for insurance commissioner, and corporate candidates Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina has shown us that populism is still a powerful force in California politics. Lessons from this election should inform populist campaigns everywhere.