Consumer Group Says Government Staff's Consumer-Oriented Findings Were Altered by Commissioners With Ties to Oil Industry Santa Monica, CA -- Public documents retrieved by Consumer Watchdog reveal that, after private meetings with oil industry…
Lauds Lifting of Ban And Calls On President Obama To Follow Policies Established By California Stem Cell Agency Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog today praised President Obama for lifting Bush era restrictions on federal…
Senator Max Baucus, Leading Architect of Health Care Reform, Received More Industry Contributions Than Any Other Democrat WASHINGTON D.C. -- Health insurers and pharmaceutical manufacturers contributed $5.5 million to the top 10 recipients in the…
Kaiser, Blue Cross and Other Health Insurers Illegally Deny Treatment to Autistic Children, Says Consumer Watchdog Santa Monica, CA -- Parents of autistic children and their families joined Consumer Watchdog today in warning California…
Commission Again Delays Vote on Anti-Consumer Report as Oil-Lobbyist Spouse of Commissioner Quits Her Role Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog and Public Citizen have filed a detailed request for public records of the…
Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court wrote Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt today questioning the company’s priorities following efforts by one of Google’s top executives to dissuade a charitable foundation from supporting the nonpartisan…
Groups Want Reversal On Ruling That Companies Can Continue Illegal Practices Until Someone Gets Hurt Santa Monica, CA -- In an extraordinary request made late yesterday, eight public interest organizations asked the California Supreme…
Washington, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and other U.S senators today expressing their profound disappointment that consumer advocates had been left out of closed negotiations orchestrated by the…
Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog called on the California Department of Managed Health Care to make public all communications between top Department officials and insurance company representatives regarding the treatment of autism. Currently, many…
Washington, D.C. -- Deep public dissatisfaction with the current health insurance system is evident in a new poll showing that 64% of Americans support expanding Medicare as a choice for anyone who wants an option…
Consumer Group Calls Congress Members' Appeal A Stalking Horse for Federal Deregulation of Insurance Washington, D.C. -- Consumer advocates warned Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner not to allow necessary reform of the financial markets become a…
Letter to Commissioner Heading Hot Fuel Study Cites His Clear Conflict of Interest: Spouse's Petroleum Association Job Washington, DC -- Two national consumer advocacy groups today protested a report by the California Energy Commission that…
