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Blue Shield of California Loses Its Non-Profit Tax Status

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 15:00

National radio host Norman Goldman and Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court talk about how Blue Shield has finally had their "non-profit" tax status revoked in California and why other corporations like them should have their status removed as well.

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KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles - California Strips Blue Shield Of Tax-Exempt Status

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 03/09/2015 - 15:00

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Los Angeles State officials have stripped Blue Shield of California of its tax-exempt status, an exemption the nonprofit health insurer has held since its founding in 1939. The decision could put Blue Shield on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in state taxes each year.

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Public Officials' Private Emails Allow Them to Evade Scrutiny

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Fri, 03/06/2015 - 14:00

Government officials using private, personal emails usually do it because it allows them to evade public disclosure. Hillary Clinton was just the latest to skirt public disclosure when she used a private account while Secretary of State. 

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State Should Release Psychotropic Medication Prescribing Information in Foster Care, Ban on Big Pharma Payments to Doctors

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 14:02

 Saying the public has a right to know, Consumer Watchdog called upon Senators Mike McGuire and Jim Beall to subpoena Department of Health Care Services data on prescribing patterns of psychotropic medication by doctors to foster youth. Senator McGuire and Senator Beall are holding a joint legislative hearing today on the misuse of psychotropic medication in the foster care system.

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CA Medical Board Must Investigate Drug Company Payments to Doctors Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs To Foster Children

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Mon, 11/24/2014 - 14:02

Following a report that prescription drug manufacturers have paid or spent more than $14 million to doctors who prescribe drugs to children in California’s foster care system, Consumer Watchdog called on the California Medical Board to expand an investigation into doctors who prescribed dangerous and unapproved psychotropic medications to children.

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Governor Should Audit Reports Of Thousands of Medical Errors At Hospitals

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Fri, 11/21/2014 - 14:02

Following a report that thousands of medical errors were reported by California’s hospitals in the last four years, Consumer Watchdog called on Governor Brown and state health regulators to audit hospitals for failures to report many instances of patient harm and for full public disclosure of these events.

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