Opponents of Reform Received 15% More In Contributions From Health Industry Than Supporters Washington D.C. -- Democrats who voted against health care reform legislation passed on Saturday by the U.S. House...
Public Policy Should Be Decided In Hearing Room With Sunlight And Transparency, Group Says SANTA MONICA, CA -- Warning that a Democratic Senate Campaign Committee Fundraiser scheduled to be held at Google’s headquarters in Mountain…
Office Taped A Call About Handling of Mercury Insurance Initiative; AG Angry, Demeaning When Questioned By Reporters Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog has posted the transcripts of secretly taped conversations between journalists and Attorney…
Late Addition to House Health Reform Bill Should Adopt Key Details of Successful Insurance Regulation in California to Achieve Cost Controls, Says Group Washington, D.C. – Consumer Watchdog, which pioneered the nation’s most successful insurance…
Group Calls for 'Make-Me-Anonymous' Button On Home Page SANTA MONICA, CA -- The new Google Dashboard touted by the Internet giant as offering users “transparency, choice and control” of user data stored by the company…
Consumer Watchdog sent the following letter to Congressional leaders today in response to a letter sent by the Governor on October 27, 2009 in which he incorrectly cited California's draconian limits on the legal rights…
Project Demands Close Monitoring To Guarantee Citizen’s Privacy Consumer Watchdog Says Los Angeles, CA -- The Los Angeles City Council voted today to move the city’s 30,000 email users to a system provided by Google,…
Santa Monica, CA — Mercury Insurance has begun its campaign to allow insurers to hike auto insurance rates for Californians who have had a lapse in their auto insurance for any reason. The initiative is…
Washington, D.C. --- Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Geithner, House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank, and Financial Services Subcommittee Chair Paul Kanjorski today, arguing that legislation intended to undermine state insurance…
Santa Monica, CA – A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued a ruling finding that the Schwarzenegger Administration has illegally sided with health insurance companies that deny access to care for autistic children. A…
Washington, D.C. -- A new consumer financial protection regulator was wounded but not crippled by a barrage of special interest lobbying and amendments before final approval of the bill in the House Financial Services committee…
'Harm Standard' Violates Congressional Legislative Intent In Protecting Privacy WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog today called on the Health and Human Services Department to repeal a rule that allows health care providers and insurers to…
