Protecting Patients
During the last year, Consumer Watchdog:
- Won new rules to ban health insurers' illegal cancellations of health insurance policies that left patients with hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid medical bills.
- Helped defeat federal legislation that would have expanded junk health care policies that don't protect patients when they get sick.
- Released internal insurer documents that reveal how insurers refuse to sell health insurance to cops, firefighters, expectant dads, or sufferers of asthma, acne, allergies or other common ailments.
- Convinced Governor Schwarzenegger that insurers must be required to sell policies regardless of a patient's health condition, and to ban junk health care.
- Led the fight to require health insurers to justify profits and overhead, and get approval for rate increases, as auto and home insurers must under Proposition 103.
- Challenged efforts in California and across the country that would mandate individuals to buy health insurance but not guarantee affordability.
Recent Articles:
Consumer Watchdog Warns HMO Regulator Not to Side With Insurers Over Illegal Coverage Cancellations
CONTACT: Jerry Flanagan, (310) 392-0522, ext. 319
May 14, 2008
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Controller's Stem Cell Agency Audit Ignores California Agency's Built-in Flaws
CONTACT: John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, ext 317; cell: 310-292-1902
May 12, 2008
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Controller: Stem Cell Agency Passes Audit
By Staff Writers, SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES
May 12, 2008
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Community Colleges, Universities Asked to Join Stem Cell Program
By Bradley J. Fikes, NORTH COUNTY TIMES (San Diego, CA)
May 10, 2008
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Stem Cell Grants Being Doled Out
By Mary Engel, LOS ANGELES TIMES
May 7, 2008
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